I hate the way that sometimes they don't give you the full glass of pop, they just give you the cup of ice filled with pop. I also hate people who try to wedge big-ass garment bags into the overhead compartment. And kids who won't quit kicking the back of my seat.

How 'bout you?

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

Answers

See, I used to hate planes too. Kids kicking my seat, getting stuck next to people who don't quite fit in their seat so they spend half the time in mine. I know that's kind of rude to say, but it bugs me.

Now, however, I realize that most planes are great. I had to ride on one of those little commuter type planes when I went home for Thanksgiving. Holds about 40 people. One seat on one side of the aisle, two on the other side. No overhead compartment. Ugly uncomfortable vinyl seats, narrower than most plane seats. Incredibly noisy for the entire flight. No service whatsoever. And it still cost me more to fly the 300 miles home than it would have to fly all the way to London. And I'm in Northern Indiana. Yuck. Not a fun experience.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

Oh dear Lord, that sounds like a nightmare. I had to ride in one of those little planes once, but it was only from DC to Baltimore, so we were barely in the air for 20 minutes.

I have to say, though, that I'd rather ride in one of those little ones than ever endure a flight like I did on the way back from Christmas, where a small child was kicking the back of my seat HARD for over three hours straight (Keith luckily offered to switch seats with me after the first hour and a half of the three hour flight).

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

I don't hate much about planes, besides needing to be there so long before your flight. AND the price of tickets. And the price of parking. Yeah, it's basically a money and time issue for me. But beyond that, it's not an entirely bad way to travel.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

I looooove to travel. :) Plane, train, car, bus, whatever. Bring it on.

The only thing I hate about planes is that the seats are all built the same way, and I'm too short to fit correctly into the contours. So I always end up with massive neck/back strain from trying to get comfy. Oh well.

And, BTW, usually if you ask the steward(ess) for the whole can of soda, they'll give it to you along with the glass of ice. You can also ring the steward(ess) button at any time during the flight and request more soda. I'm just sayin'. ;)

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

You can really request more soda? I thought if you asked for a second can they'd charge you. Oh my God, so many wasted opportunities! Are you really serious? A whole second can, for free?

This might sound lame, but you people have no idea what a huge Coke addict I am. One can of Coke per four hour flight just does not cut it with me.

A free second can? Are you really sure that you don't have to pay? Man, this is awesome.

-- Anonymous, January 24, 2000

I love planes. I love em I love em I love em. The flying experience I would rate 90%ish to be enjoyable. I like getting pushed back in my seat when the plane screams off the runway. I like being served pop and peanuts (maybe it's just me and the lessened amount of oxygen in the airborne cabin, but airline peanuts just plain taste better to me). I like looking down at the little houses and fields. I even enjoy the fact that the act of flying in a jet entails the microscopic chance that you'll die horribly in a titanium-smashing hillside explosion.

True, the layovers and delays suck, and sometimes airline passengers and/or employees are capable of great acts of stupidity, but anything beats 10x more hours driving in a sore-ass, stanky car.

-- Anonymous, January 25, 2000

Until you have flown in and out of anywhere that is not the U.S., Canada or Western Europe you can have no idea how cushy we have it on our planes.
1. No Smoking-you wouldn't believe that the filters in the plane could move so much smoke so far around in the plane so that there is a constant haize.
2. We have tons of room-on a Ukraine Air flight I had my knees slammed up against the back of the next seat so much that I was bruised for a week.
3. They aplaud at the end of their flights-not because they had a good trip, but because they are so happy to be alive.
Cia

-- Anonymous, January 25, 2000

The last plane I was on crashed! Aahh! I had recently seen the film 'Alive' and all I could think about besides the plane nose diving and exploding, was the seats ripping out the floor and crushing me to death.

Also the fact that they only ever show boring films when I'm on board. I don't get that. Why me?

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2000

Ariana! Oh my God! You were in a plane crash?!? That's like, my all-time worst nightmare. Was it one of those horrible ones where you plummet out of the sky because the engines quit working, or was it just a failed landing attempt or something? Was everybody OK?

Yeesh!

-- Anonymous, January 26, 2000