Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ...
by jacobgkau on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:18PM
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> pack-a-lunch affair
You can tell it was pre-9/11 because you didn't need to throw the lunch away before getting to the part where you have to wait the longest.
Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ...
by BobaFloutist on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:25PM
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I've never had airport security confiscate food, only beverages. Unless you're packing soup for lunch, I guess? Or flying somewhere with specific customs prohibitions that for whatever reason does it at the origin instead of the destination, like flights too/from Hawaii maybe?
But I've never had, like, a sandwich taken from me.
In a post-9/11 world, I took an airplane to university and back, and on a regular basis from [SMALL CITY] airport. I could, as a disorganized young adult, be at the airport within 10-15 before boarding time with luggage to check.
Pre-9/11, my family travelled internationally and it was always a 3+ hour, pack-a-lunch affair to be at [MAJOR CITY] airport.