I agreed to attend a coworker’s wedding halfway across the country in a few months. Along with another family member, I’m a full time Alzheimer’s caretaker for my father, so driving simply isn’t an option- even flying, getting just a handful of days free is a tremendous favor the family member is doing me, and a massive burden on her while I’m away. I’ve had to give up all semblance of a social life or leisure activities ever since becoming a caretaker, so attending an important event in a friend’s life that only comes once means a lot to me, and will be the closest thing to a vacation of any sort that I’ve had in over six years.
While choosing a flight, I tried to avoid all the airlines I’ve heard particularly bad horror stories about, only to realize it’s literally all of them. Worse than that, most destinations aren’t served by all those airlines, so even if I had a “safe” airline, chances are it wouldn’t be one of the one or two options available to get to that specific place at that specific date. I ended up with Delta, and like you said, I had no choice. The entire US airline industry is utterly fucked. Yay capitalism.
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