Steve, you forgot to mention the airplane could crash too! Man! I wonder how many spare tires you have in your car... just in case :) A lot of things can wrong driving a car too.
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>wrote: > On Mon, 6 May 2013 15:07:44 -0400 > "Mike Rathburn" <m...@rathburn.org> wrote: > > > JAX-LOU-JAX is a long brutal 24 hours in a car. Southwest has > > nonstop to Louisville and back out of Orlando for $300 roundtrip > > leaving 10am Friday and returning 5pm Sunday. I have 3 seats > > available in my car. > > Long, long trip. And you'd better not traverse Atlanta at any time > resembling rush hour. > > But keep in mind that these days, anything involving an airplane is > also a long brutal trip, quite apart from the time actually spent in > the airplane. You need to arrive at the airport at least 2 hours early. > You need to find parking at the airport. The plane will likely be late. > You need to take time out to rent a car on the far end, or take cabs. A > 30 minute flight could end up being six hours. > > If any of you is larger than usual, keep in mind that, from what I hear, > Southwest has the strictest size restrictions on passengers. If their > seatbelt doesn't fit your waist, you don't go -- no extender, no > nothing. > > > Personally, I would gladly make a 12 hour drive to save the hassle of > air travel. > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/list@jaxlug.org/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe list-unsubscr...@jaxlug.org > > -- If you have freedom to choose, choose freedom, use GNU/Linux
