RE: sort by agony

["Kain, Becki (B.)" <bkain1 () ford com>]

 My favorite is Detroit to Chicago, via ATL!

-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Eubanks [mailto:tme () americafree tv] 
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:32 AM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: sort by agony


On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:25:43 PDT, Michael J McCafferty said:
>
> > 2) Tijuana to Guadalajara for an 8hr layover, then to Atlanta for a
> > 1.5hr layover to New York LGA.
>
> I once got booked Roanoke-Pittsburgh-Chicago-St Louis-Columbia MO. All
layovers
> *short* enough to induce "run through the airport" panic behavior (and
stopping for
> food was out of the question).

A _really_ intelligent airline scheduling system would (IMHO) be able to
offer you options like

"there is a direct flight Pittsburgh -> Kansas City, and from there it
is a 2 hour drive to Columbia, so that will save you 5 hours travel
time"

Regards
Marshall


> Oh, and I *hate* takeoffs and landings.