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I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. I flew two cats from oceania to Europe, and the proce

by dmpk2k 4y ago

I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. I flew two cats from oceania to Europe, and the process was jarring; some regulation at the time prevented them even flying together. I remember their panicked howls when I saw them again at the airport, something that hadn't happened with any other mode of transport.

adonovan 4y ago
> I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. Yup, but it's also a heck of a lot cheaper, largely due to mechanization, automation, homogenization, and bureaucratization.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
  Your chances (as a human) of dying on a flight have also decreased by exponential factors. I’ll take bland and homogenized if it’s safe for situations like flight where I have zero control over the outcome once the plane takes off.
TacticalCoder 4y ago
> I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. Not to mention the feeling that you're treated like cattle. And that many people taking care of luggage clearly hate their job and have absolutely zero respect for people's belongings and shall happily throw luggage instead of handling them with care. Screw flying. I drive (and, yup, it's a problem if crossing an ocean is required).
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paxys 4y ago
The prices you were paying as a child are probably equivalent to first class travel today (or even more). If you pay for it you can still have that same luxury experience.
- dmpk2k 4y ago
  Sadly, no. If flying first class would have allowed my cats to sit in the cabin, I'd have done so. Nothing short of a private jet allows that though, and perhaps regulations wouldn't allow it even then.

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I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. I flew two cats from oceania to Europe, and the proce

by dmpk2k 4y ago

adonovan 4y ago
> I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. Yup, but it's also a heck of a lot cheaper, largely due to mechanization, automation, homogenization, and bureaucratization.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
  Your chances (as a human) of dying on a flight have also decreased by exponential factors. I’ll take bland and homogenized if it’s safe for situations like flight where I have zero control over the outcome once the plane takes off.
TacticalCoder 4y ago
> I detest the dehumanization of airlines; it is all very bureaucratic now, compared to when I was a child. Not to mention the feeling that you're treated like cattle. And that many people taking care of luggage clearly hate their job and have absolutely zero respect for people's belongings and shall happily throw luggage instead of handling them with care. Screw flying. I drive (and, yup, it's a problem if crossing an ocean is required).
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paxys 4y ago
The prices you were paying as a child are probably equivalent to first class travel today (or even more). If you pay for it you can still have that same luxury experience.
- dmpk2k 4y ago
  Sadly, no. If flying first class would have allowed my cats to sit in the cabin, I'd have done so. Nothing short of a private jet allows that though, and perhaps regulations wouldn't allow it even then.