Re: Fighting the high cost of flying
Bertie the Bunyip
news:sQv2k.197984$yE1.110862@attbi_s21:
>> I could not see my family suffer through this ordeal, so I stopped at
>> an airport and rented a brand new Toyota Prius and told them to drive
>> it home, one of the best decision I have made in a long time. It was
>> definitely longer than flying, but it was way more comfy and cost far
>> less than flying. Next time I have decided to drive for family trips.
>
> That's so ironic, since I just subjected my family to a 1,000 mile
> *drive* to Detroit (and back) for the Red Bull Air Races.
I'll alert Child Protection. Noone should be subjected to you for that
length of time.
Bertie
Bertie the Bunyip
@newsfe13.lga:
>
> "Bertie the Bunyip" <T...@ld.you> wrote in message
> news:Xns9AB6C29B821...@208.90.168.18...
>> Andrew Sarangan <asar...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:74a26acb-98d2-4ba3-9005-
1070c3...@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> On Jun 7, 2:25 am, "Jon Woellhaf" <jonwoell...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Denver to Salt Lake and back. Cessna 182Q. Six hours. $300 for
fuel.
>>>> No traffic, no road construction, no rough roads, no speed limit,
can
>>>> wander a quarter mile left or right.
>>>>
>>>> Denver to Salt Lake and back. Jeep Grand Cherokee. Eighteen hours.
>>>> $200 for fuel. None of the above.
>>>>
>>>> I'd still rather fly when I can.
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>
>>> Here is my latest trip:
>>> Buffalo to Dayton. 4 hours in an Archer. $180 fuel, no A/C. Hot
humid
>>> and noisy.
>>> Buffalo to Dayton, 8 hours in a Toyota Prius Hybrid, $40 gas, A/C,
>>> comfy seats, hardly hear the engine running.
>>>
>>> A 2008 Toyota Prius costs $24k. A 30-year old Archer costs $60k.
>>>
>>> I did save 4 hours when flying, but if you consider preflight, taxi
>>> and driving to/from the airport, loading/unloading the airplane from
>>> the car, the time savings start to disappear.
>>>
>>
>> 'twas always thus.
>>>
>>> As a pilot for the past 10 years, I would like to justify flying as
a
>>> mode of transportation, but I don't see how.
>>
>>
>> You can't and never could. Not unless you had a 310 and someone else
was
>> paying for it.
>>
>> Bertie
>>
>
> Geez, what a dumb ass.
How so, fjukktard?
Bertie