since Valley of the Dolls was in theaters

I LOVE how mark time, Matt.

*you

Also, once volumes get back near prior levels people are going to have to begin queuing up for the TSA lines at the Tukwilla and Angle Lake LINK stations in order to maintain 6-foot distancing.

Fuck that. I'm not getting anywhere near a plane till there's a vaccine. And I used to fly at least once or twice a year.

Flying already sucked before this situation. After I became disabled, flying became nothing short of physical (and emotional) torture. I had vowed to never fly again after my last cross country flying experience (November 2015). This situation simply cements that. Never again, no matter what.

After 9/11 I had to fly in April 2002 (NYC to LA) and the flight was nearly empty and the flight attendants behaved like crazed power hungry bullies. I imagine flying during and after a worldwide pandemic has made the situation at least 1000X worse. Add to that any asshole you might have to sit next to? No fucking way.

If the world is smart, flying will become something done infrequently or not at all for a long, long time.

After I became disabled, flying became nothing short of physical (and emotional) torture.

eh that last sentence should have been deleted as it was moved up.. ugh.

It's been so nice not hearing a constant stream of jet noise 24 hours a day. I wish that would never go back to "normal."

I fly about a dozen times a month. Been grounded since March. The new TSA line is something I’m not looking forward to. SEA in general is a bit of a shitshow. Constant construction and things not working. The lower traffic will be an improvement. Maybe it will give them time to fix the airport.

Flew in the past week (via Alaska). Wasn't too bad. Except that they turned a non-stop flight into one with a layover so they could pick up more people. And no pop during the flight. Having the middle seats empty was great (although obviously not good for revenue).

TSA didn't seem fully prepared for the increase in traffic. Pre-check and non-pre-check were filed into the same xray line at my departing airport. The ID checker then had to verbally tell the TSA workers further down which people didn't have to remove their shoes, etc. They were getting confused.

Maybe things like this will finally lead to the development of high speed rail systems in this country.