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Absolutely hate it! My first rule of flying is avoid if at all possible, if not possible to avoid, someone else must pay the fare! My sum total of flights:
Manchester - Eastleigh
Manchester - Bilbao
Liverpool - Manila
Yokohama - Liverpool
Houston - Liverpool
Liverpool - Genoa
Valencia - Liverpool
Liverpool - Abidjan
Sete - Liverpool
Lyneham. - Ascension Island
Ascension Island - Brize Norton
Brize Norton - Ascension Island
Liverpool - Cape Town
Plus a two helicopter flights (free) during Falklands (Wasp & Wessex). Then one freebie from Cape Town to land on Esso Atlantic south of the Cape of Good Hope, change the crew, and then fly back to Cape Town in a Wessex. That was quite enjoyable. Missed a chance of going on patrol with the army from Port Stanley in a Chinook in '83, but prevented by bad weather - would have liked to have done that one!
The first two were OK, but the rest sheer torture (apart from the helicopters). I have never been as uncomfortable at sea in 31 years as I was in aircraft on long flights. At the age of 73, we no longer have passports, and never ever intend to fly again!
Bob
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