My worst flight was Al-Italia from Rome to Dubai, it wasn’t the flight it was the staff, they’ld sooner spit on you than help. Thought the flight out from DXB to Rome and then ORD was fine and so too from ORD to Rome. My uncle supposes the staff were PO’ed they had to go to the Middle East. I suppose flying in that puddle jumper from Milwaukee to Detroilet would qualify as I vaguely remember flying through a rockin’ n rolling thunderstorm — but I was mostly asleep for it.

Best flights are those involving bump-upage. Dubai to Manila & Manila to Japan. The MNL to Japan flight especially, we sit down and the stewardess asks if I wold like something to drink OJ, this juice, or some bubbly. I smile and ask for the bubbly and finish it rather quickly and she asks if I would like another — what a dumb question! They served us breakfast before takeoff too, it had been a long time since I had an American style breakfast and it was much appreciated. However from Japan to Detroilet we were back in peon class and had to deal with an immigration situation (once they got to us our case was dealt with fairly expeditiously but we missed our onward flight – just caught the next one).

If the winds are right we get buzzed by takeoffs and approaches to the nearby regional airport. I still amaze at it all, the whole dance of people to build, maintain, fuel, load, sell tickets, arrive at the airport, staff the plane, etc.