Laughable in what way? In an ironic way? Or you truly believe that people
find air travel less convenient than the alternatives, but continue to use
it?

You may call it ironic; I find commercial air travel very inconvenient
with all the post 911 nonsense we have to put up with. The only reason
I do it is that for intercontenental trips, driving takes much longer,
and is thus more inconvenient. However I've stopped flying commercially
on anything less than, oh, a thousand miles or so.

Your statement is that "People value their convenience much more than
they value anything else", and I disagree with it. They value their
time much more than convenience, and are willing to put up with
incredible inconvenience and humiliation in order to save time.

Or you truly believe that people
find air travel less convenient than the
alternatives, but continue to use it?

Yes, I do, for that very reason above.

Jose
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