Flying GA allows travel at convenient times to airports we choose. Plus, of course, we avoid the at-best unpleasant security procedures of airline travel. But, my recent planned trip couldn’t be undertaken in our plane due to maintenance issues and we resorted to airline travel.
Since I’m a retired airline pilot, we travel free on a space-available basis, adding more stress to make sure we find flights with available seats. To be fair, though, this recent trip was as painless as possible. There were plenty of available seats and navigating the terminals and security at both ends was about as smooth as it gets. Nonetheless, it was less pleasant than driving to our hangar and just launching.
