It has been at least 8 years since we have flown. Flying is a chore anymore: get to the airport 1 1/2-2 hours before your flight, take off your shoes and remove everything from your pockets, cram yourself into seats with little leg room, rude stewards/stewardesses, no food unless you pay, have the privilege of sitting in a seat where a child constantly kicks your seat or a baby cries, smelly bathrooms in which you can barely turn, lost luggage, etc. All of that IF your plane leaves and arrives on time. Depending on the airline, you also might have to deal with unruly, combative passengers.