My last sky trip from Dallas to Colorado: - 30 mins drive to airport - Another 15-30 bus from parking to terminal - 15-30 mins check-in and get through TSA. - A

My last sky trip from Dallas to Colorado: - 30 mins drive to airport - Another 15-30 bus from parking to terminal - 15-30 mins check-in and get through TSA. - At least 1 hr to walk to gate and wait for boarding. - 30 mins for boarding - At least another 30 mins for the plane taxing around that huge airport to reach the runway. then in Denver: - 15 mins taxing - 15 mins unboarding - 30 mins train to baggage claim and collect baggage - 30 mins bus to rental car - 1.5 hrs drive to mountain resort Total: 7.5 hrs of which only 1.5 are the actual flight (400% overhead) Driving from Dallas to Breckenridge, CO takes 13 hrs so it's still half the time, unless there are delays at the airport (Btw, my trip back took 10 hrs) Airports and planes are so huge the overhead is reaching ridiculous levels, and we are building bigger and more complex ones instead of evolving flight control technology to make flying itself easier and safer. We still use the same basic principles of flight control invented 130+ years ago, unfortunately, unless we discover a way to defeat gravity without using thrust and/or lift, this is the best we've got.