Once every two years or so I decide I’ll fly somewhere and without fail it’s an experience that does a perfect job of reminding me why I take the train everywhere even if it takes 12 hours longer sometimes
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Once every two years or so I decide I’ll fly somewhere and without fail it’s an experience that does a perfect job of reminding me why I take the train everywhere even if it takes 12 hours longer sometimes
Two years ago: plane pulled up at wrong gate. Checked luggage went into wrong baggage handling company. Stuck at baggage collection for an hour. Today: security scanner jammed and ate my coat for an hour.
Fortunately the plane is half an hour late so I’m not dealing with “I missed my flight” frustration
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Even the worst DB performance has been far far superior to the vast majority of my flight experiences
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@erincandescent since covid I struggle to manage the time requirements of trains when looking at how badly ventilated they all are. Not really sure how to deal with e.g. 16 hours on trains masked vs 3-5h in an airport/on a flight masked
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@maxine I'm wearing a HF-801SD and even with the most powerful cartridges it has negligible breathing resistance
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@erincandescent sure, but at 3-5h I can go without water or food. 8 hours to Paris for example is when it gets kinda hard. I guess at least the new night trains are a viable option bc of cabins
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@maxine I can drop the mask to drink or eat without majorly changing the risk profile; this is all about reducing cumulative exposure.
Or if ventilation is particularly bad or I'm especially concerned, there's always the "poke head out of door at station" option -
Erin 💽✨replied to Erin 💽✨ last edited by [email protected]
My flight is one hour delayed because BER only has one wheelchair ramp for disembarking and it was busy when the plane arrived. Incredible.
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To be fair to the flying experience, perhaps mine would be substantially less crap if my local airport weren’t the one who’s construction process was so incompetent there’s a board game about not building it