Made it to Iceland. Flight was great - Rosie is a star, it was difficult to believe that she'd not flown before. So why was I filled with trepidation?
Perhaps the whole point of the pre-flight nonsense of endless queueing and being treated like a criminal is that it raises the stress levels and lowers expectations so much that even if your kid screams the entire flight it is still less annoying that getting to the flight ever is.
Every time I'm at an airport I often wonder what an alien would make of it. I wonder how it is the same race that can design and build the aircraft and supporting infrastructure are the same 'intelligent' race that form endless queues, have to drag ridiculously small (or large) cases on stupidly small castors behind them, all the while proclaiming their innocence about their reason for travel and promising that they have packed their own bags.
"Separately pack liquids and gels in a clear plastic bag. Oh and your iPad, yeah we need to scan that separately, and your coat, separately". It's an X-ray machine!! (If only Lex Luther would have known these limitations - he could have outwitted Superman with several layers of thick clothing).
But that said, despite how ridiculous I find these shenanigans it is still less ridiculous than not flying on account of said shenanigans. Just.
More about Iceland and its natural wonders tomorrow...
Perhaps the whole point of the pre-flight nonsense of endless queueing and being treated like a criminal is that it raises the stress levels and lowers expectations so much that even if your kid screams the entire flight it is still less annoying that getting to the flight ever is.
Every time I'm at an airport I often wonder what an alien would make of it. I wonder how it is the same race that can design and build the aircraft and supporting infrastructure are the same 'intelligent' race that form endless queues, have to drag ridiculously small (or large) cases on stupidly small castors behind them, all the while proclaiming their innocence about their reason for travel and promising that they have packed their own bags.
"Separately pack liquids and gels in a clear plastic bag. Oh and your iPad, yeah we need to scan that separately, and your coat, separately". It's an X-ray machine!! (If only Lex Luther would have known these limitations - he could have outwitted Superman with several layers of thick clothing).
But that said, despite how ridiculous I find these shenanigans it is still less ridiculous than not flying on account of said shenanigans. Just.
More about Iceland and its natural wonders tomorrow...
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