The Tattooed Nonna 🧙♀️Are you a frequent flyer? #poll #pleaseBoost ✈️
I fly weekly
I fly monthly
I fly yearly
I fly every couple of years or so
I rarely fly
I never fly
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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things@Tattooed_Mummy
I have flown 13 times in my life.
First time was a return trip London to Guernsey when I was a teenager.
One flight on a training plane.
Another was a helicopter (that I nearly fell out of).
Another was being flown up to Inverness, from Manchester, to drive a van back down to Yorkshire.
There was a return flight to Barcelona for a college trip.
And three return trips to European holidays arranged by an ex.
I haven't flown for about 20 years.
I have flown 13 times in my life.
First time was a return trip London to Guernsey when I was a teenager.
One flight on a training plane.
Another was a helicopter (that I nearly fell out of).
Another was being flown up to Inverness, from Manchester, to drive a van back down to Yorkshire.
There was a return flight to Barcelona for a college trip.
And three return trips to European holidays arranged by an ex.
I haven't flown for about 20 years.
Eco Youths Network Uganda@Tattooed_Mummy Flying has always been my dream, and the day I achieve it will feel like heaven for me. No one in my family has ever flown, so I believe that with the opportunities I am working for, I will one day make it. Many people are blessed and have already flown, and I hope to join them soon. If you ever fly to Africa, please don’t miss the chance to visit EYN. We would be happy to welcome you.
econads@econetwork @Tattooed_Mummy I do feel like that when I fly, the experience is open to so few people globally and historically, and I do still love the taking off.
That said, the surveillance, waste, waiting around and consumerism of airports is just so depressing. And for me, who has had plenty of flights in my adult life, flying for the sake if it is pretty indefensible. I'm lucky though that I can take a train, albeit a fairly long and expensive one, to see my family, and that I can work from there so I can spend a day travelling and then 2-3 weeks working without losing too much holiday. It's a massive privilege which isn't available to many.
Yimby Earth@Tattooed_Mummy
I think I've done a total of 33 flights in my life, counting each leg of a trip separately. counting them as one time per return trip that averages out to once every third year, roughly. most of those could have been done by ferry or trains, but would have take far longer and cost way more. The cost aspect is the big lever we need to use IMO. Per-flight tax that goes up for every flight you take (per year, I guess). Ban freq.flyer miles etc.
I think I've done a total of 33 flights in my life, counting each leg of a trip separately. counting them as one time per return trip that averages out to once every third year, roughly. most of those could have been done by ferry or trains, but would have take far longer and cost way more. The cost aspect is the big lever we need to use IMO. Per-flight tax that goes up for every flight you take (per year, I guess). Ban freq.flyer miles etc.
Tamsin@Tattooed_Mummy 3 years ago to be precise, about 20 times in total in my life, and I don't intend to again, I think that's probably my fair share!
AlisonW ♿🏳️🌈♾️@Tattooed_Mummy
At one time I flew daily but not at all now.
At one time I flew daily but not at all now.
Tyckmyckna@Tattooed_Mummy I didn't fly until I was in my 20s, and I remember it feeling so wrong taking off - not for the reasons that came later, just the act of leaving the ground in a big machine. Like we weren't supposed to be able to do that.
Now I wish I could stop again, but I do fly once a year as leaving Sweden a couple of weeks in November is the only thing that has any effect on my seasonal depression. It's that or a month off from work to lie in bed and just want to give up.
Now I wish I could stop again, but I do fly once a year as leaving Sweden a couple of weeks in November is the only thing that has any effect on my seasonal depression. It's that or a month off from work to lie in bed and just want to give up.
Alan Langford 🇨🇦🧤🧊摏@Tattooed_Mummy Four round trip flights this century, two for conferences, two for family.
Simon Rolfmore@Tattooed_Mummy I am a reluctantly frequent flyer due to living on an island which only has air links to anywhere else.
Roger Ap GwillianI throw myself at the ground, and miss.
Naturally_Narrow@Tattooed_Mummy I used to fly a lot, I no longer do. Have not flown since lockdown.
Chris Bohn@Tattooed_Mummy I used to travel often, one year getting "diamond" status with a hotel chain. I'm happy to have that in my rear-view mirror.
Rasmus Lindegaard@Tattooed_Mummy when i was a kid, about 5 or 6, my dad and (maternal) grandpa took us to a small air field and payed for us to get a 20 minute round trip flight in a small sports plane.
I dont recall much of it, but it was magical to me back then.
Since then I've been on a few holidays abroad where its been flying, 6 times, maybe?
I think flying is a marvelous and fantastic thing, and not worth destroying the environment to do.