We have /c/fuckcars but no /c/fuckplanes. Yet a lot of the same arguments apply. They cause air pollution (roughly double the amount per km traveled), noise pollution and they (airports) take up a lot of space near dense living areas. Sure, some places can practically only be visited by plane, just like some places can practically only be visited by car. But people don’t consider not having your holiday that far away or giving pushback on a busines trip that should have been an online meeting. Besides work-from-home being encouraged, work-from-home-country should be too.
Cars need to be discouraged in favor of busses, trams and trains. Planes nees to be discouraged in favor of high-speed trains, staycations and hopefully new alternatives like modern sailboats or electric planes.
100%
It’s so awful.
I would rather burn an extra day of PTO and drive, if I can, than take a plane fucking anywhere. If trains were a more viable option I’d pick that every time, but that just isn’t the case here in the US.
You unfortunately aren’t going very far with only one extra day of PTO. Living in the middle of the country and having family on the coast means taking an extra 4-6 days off to drive…