Day 253: If I Ruled Lichtenstein... I'm Not Paying For Five Inches

I hate going to and being at several places: the pharmacy, the post office, the doctor's office, and the airport. Even more than I hate being at the airport, however, is having to deal with all the airport-y formalities, like waiting in line after line, dealing with delays and cancellations, hauling around heavy luggage, baggage fees, layovers, taking off my shoes for security, and all the nickel-and-dimeing that goes on with every step of the process.

They now charge you if you want to choose your seats at the self check-in kiosks. And I'm not even talking about first class or the emergency exit rows. Every time I tried to change my seat to anywhere else on the plane, it wanted to charge me $12, $19, or $21. This is of course before all the luggage fees.

And then when I was sitting waiting to board the plane, I saw that I could pay to upgrade my seat to have "five extra inches of laptop space."Five inches? That's the length of a pencil, and this is what you're touting?

Baloney.

In Lichtenstein, the price you pay online for your airline ticket is the price you will pay to get to where you want to go. There will be no extra charges for luggage, and seating will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Also, our planes will be extra long with a single aisle and two seats on each side with enough room in front of you to sit comfortably. Plus this way, the middle seat will be eliminated.

Those who are flying internationally will get the "bed planes". Having to sit in a cramped seat for hours is unacceptable. Those who are going over oceans or entire continents will be "seated" in one of the rows and rows of chairs that recline into a beds. Each will have its own TV filled with movies to watch, so flying these distances will not only be tolerable, but comfortable.

Flying to Lichtenstein is the way flying should be.