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

IzzaNuDay

(1,290 posts)
1. I've got two flights ahead of me.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:48 PM
14 hrs ago

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

(21,080 posts)
2. I do hope not.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:47 AM
13 hrs ago

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

róisín_dubh

(12,317 posts)
3. I wish I didn't have to fly...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:52 AM
13 hrs ago

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

róisín_dubh

(12,317 posts)
5. Fingers crossed
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:56 AM
13 hrs ago

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

RockCreek

(1,465 posts)
7. look at the Queen Mary, Cunard Lines
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:35 AM
12 hrs ago

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

Old Crank

(7,006 posts)
10. A friend has been using repositioning cruises.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:08 AM
12 hrs ago

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

(12,317 posts)
13. Unfortunately I can't.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:57 AM
7 hrs ago

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

(1,465 posts)
8. Anyone know how the US-Canada Border is faring on the Amtrak "Montrealer"?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:38 AM
12 hrs ago

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

Old Crank

(7,006 posts)
11. The owners might be able to have some say.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:10 AM
12 hrs ago

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

malaise

(295,760 posts)
14. What few are saying out loud is that we are seeing the militarization
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:03 AM
7 hrs ago

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

(7,950 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
2 hrs ago

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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