Jose wrote:
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.

You're so right. Flying commercially is one of the most inconvenient
things out there. Problem is, most people don't see it as humiliating,
they see it as necessary for their safety.

Me, I'd rather fly myself than get on other commercial flight, even
though I'm currently limited to VFR. Think I can make it VFR to Taiwan
in a Seminole?