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The airlines better smarten up... (Original Post) Joinfortmill Mar 23 OP
I've got two flights ahead of me. IzzaNuDay Mar 23 #1
I do hope not. Joinfortmill Mar 24 #2
I wish I didn't have to fly... róisín_dubh Mar 24 #3
If we're lucky he'll be dead by then. Joinfortmill Mar 24 #4
Fingers crossed róisín_dubh Mar 24 #5
look at the Queen Mary, Cunard Lines RockCreek Mar 24 #7
A friend has been using repositioning cruises. Old Crank Mar 24 #10
Unfortunately I can't. róisín_dubh Mar 24 #13
I read Atlanta wait times were 4 hours. Melon Mar 24 #6
Wow Joinfortmill Mar 24 #15
Anyone know how the US-Canada Border is faring on the Amtrak "Montrealer"? RockCreek Mar 24 #8
What are the airlines supposed to do? pcdb Mar 24 #9
The owners might be able to have some say. Old Crank Mar 24 #11
PUSH BACK AGAINST FASCISM Skittles Mar 24 #12
What few are saying out loud is that we are seeing the militarization malaise Mar 24 #14
Jeezus. I can't say what I'm thinking. Joinfortmill Mar 24 #16
I have a dozen booked flights. Most require a stop in the US to get soewhere else. sinkingfeeling Mar 24 #17
Flying works best for me. I'm in WI, my son and his family are in FL. Talitha Mar 24 #18

IzzaNuDay

(1,295 posts)
1. I've got two flights ahead of me.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:48 PM
Mar 23

and I’ve been pretty vocal against the administration. Wondering if one of these flights will earn me a visit to a frozen water facility…

Joinfortmill

(21,163 posts)
2. I do hope not.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:47 AM
Mar 24

I don't think it's gotten to that point yet. But, really, Congress needs to reign inTrump and his goons.

róisín_dubh

(12,336 posts)
3. I wish I didn't have to fly...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:52 AM
Mar 24

But there’s no other way to get from the UK to the US for my nephew’s graduation in June.

róisín_dubh

(12,336 posts)
5. Fingers crossed
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:56 AM
Mar 24

If it weren’t my nephew's high school graduation, I wouldn’t come at all. But he’s my godson.

RockCreek

(1,471 posts)
7. look at the Queen Mary, Cunard Lines
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:35 AM
Mar 24

It's a much longer trip, and costs. But it is a regularly scheduled alternative.

Old Crank

(7,078 posts)
10. A friend has been using repositioning cruises.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:08 AM
Mar 24

Might not be the best for specific dates you have to meet though. Good luck.
We may not be heading back to the USofA, certainly not anytime soon if it can be avoided.

róisín_dubh

(12,336 posts)
13. Unfortunately I can't.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:57 AM
Mar 24

I need to swap visas when I return and also my partner has cancer, so I have to get back quite quickly. It’s a cluster. I’d wanted to hop over for a quick visit earlier in the year, and my mum said it wasn’t worth the stress and worry if something were to go sideways…
At worst I can fly to Canada and then have family come get me as it’s not too far over the border.

RockCreek

(1,471 posts)
8. Anyone know how the US-Canada Border is faring on the Amtrak "Montrealer"?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:38 AM
Mar 24

An extra day of train travel to avoid US airports is beginning to sound more appealing than flying from the US.

Old Crank

(7,078 posts)
11. The owners might be able to have some say.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:10 AM
Mar 24

So far they have done nothing even to push better air traffic controllers.

malaise

(296,101 posts)
14. What few are saying out loud is that we are seeing the militarization
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:03 AM
Mar 24

of public spaces.
Note that he’s threatening to place the national guard in airports.
Note also that the billionaires and their friends own highways, private roads and airports so the trauma and inconvenience is just for us peons.

Talitha

(7,987 posts)
18. Flying works best for me. I'm in WI, my son and his family are in FL.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:23 AM
Mar 24

Drove it a few times, 2 days down, 2 days back. Phewy, never again. I'll keep flying no matter how long the lines are or how high the price goes.

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