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#favouriteairlineFlying, in my opinion, is truly one of the most fascinating experiences. There hasn’t been a single flight, dating back to my first trip on an airplane when I was in the 4th grade, to my countless work trips, that I didn’t get a childish excitement at takeoff. Despite spending my entire career in the aerospace industry, making components that currently fly in commercial and military planes, the physical act of flying still amazes me. But why? Why, after all these years, has this joy not faded?
Commercial flight is the closest that humans will ever get to teleportation. What I mean by that, is we all get onboard an enclosed metal cylinder, go to sleep or throw on some kind of movie (or four), and poof, you arrive at your destination! And this is really why I love to fly. Life is busy, and hectic. To be quite frank, if you are relaxing during a normal day, it simply means you’re not doing something that needs to be done. And that is a hard pill to swallow. But when I fly, I can’t do anything but enjoy my free time. Sit back, relax, and enjoy my unadulterated free time!
Not only do we “magically” arrive at our destination in only a handful of hours that would’ve taken our ancestors days, weeks, or even their whole lives to reach. But it’s also one of the last bastions of trust in our society. The dangers of flying are real, and ever prescient. Yet, we trust a person (the pilot) and their crew to not only get us there on time, but also with our lives and our safety. In today’s age, we barely trust an Uber driver if they don’t have 5 stars, let alone our own doctors without a second opinion. Yet, as soon as we step on that plane, never ever meeting or seeing the pilot, we sit down in our seats with full confidence that we will arrive at our destination, albeit, maybe more tired#airlines than when we took off, but otherwise safe and sound. And that is such a rarity today, and also a true hat-tip to the airline industry and their record of success.