Carry-On Luggage? Who Needs It?
Come to think of it, flying without any kind of hand baggage might just be a pleasure.
All those exasperated passengers who finally left London with what little they were allowed to carry on board in a clear-plastic baggy, made me think about flying and how it used to be and might be again.
Nothing to do but read, watch the movie, slip the earphones on and listen a bit with eyes closed, maybe even take a nap. No laptop or iPod, particularly no Blackberry or cell-phone. More particularly, no one else’s iPod or cell-phone.
I'm more than willing to make that trade.
As every shred of waking time gets filled with obligation of one kind or another, maybe we need someone to call time-out. May as well be the airlines, they can't become any less popular by becoming our kindergarten teachers in the air.
Space itself has become less congenial, as those hurrying from place to place shout into cell-phones or, creepier yet, wander down the street like mental cases, talking (apparently) to themselves thr…