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On 2024-07-16 06:20, Tom Elam wrote:

>>> I have no issue that your preferences are different. My issue is you 
>>> projecting your preferences to others, including yours truly.
>>>
>>> On Saturday we leave for Vancouver on Air Canada. Looking forward to 
>>> that too. Flying is flying. :)
>>
>> That you are "looking forward" to "flying" as a passenger in what is 
>> about the same comfort as a bus says everything I need to know about 
>> your taste.
> 
> LOL! A bus does not fly and travels at about 10% of the speed of a 
> commercial jet.

But an hour in a bus on the highway is pretty much exactly the same as 
an hour in an airliner in cruise.

> Not comparable. What would you take on a long trip that 
> is more comfortable than an aircraft? Car? Bus? Train? Motorcycle? I 
> suppose a ship could be, but very slow.

I'm not suggesting they are comparable for which I'd rather take on a 
long trip...

....but for your claim that "flying is flying" that makes being a 
passenger on a bus in the sky something to look forward to in and of itself.