tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861875.post9133661972126788018..comments2024-03-08T17:04:20.399-05:00Comments on Shooting with Hobie: Is the TSA killing air travel?Hobiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13393344788210904114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861875.post-58748916760553062522011-12-14T18:18:25.835-05:002011-12-14T18:18:25.835-05:00Air travel is only one aspect of transportation. ...Air travel is only one aspect of transportation. Goods are easily delivered via rail or truck. Yes, planes are faster - but TSA doesn't affect freight that much. <br /><br />All that aside, TSA's really got ME set against flying within the borders of the US of A. I'm trying to figure a way to get around without using planes. The trouble is - family is set right in the middle and there are no direct flights from here to there. So usually we fly to within a couple/three hours of family and they pick us up. Then we have to make arrangements for travel from that point around the country by car. And as we return we once more have to fly out of the middle. If there was simply a way to obtain a car/insurance in Florida, Georgia or Texas then we'd be good to go. Fly into Houston, Miami or Atalanta and drive the rest of the way. It would make for a longer trip by a couple days perhaps, but the only hassle would be at the point of exit.<br /><br />I've gone so far as to check out cruises. But no one sets up a cruise from Cartagena to any US port or vice versa. And traveling through Central America is more hassle/expense/time than I care to invest for the sake of thwarting the asinine TSA situation.Paul Morelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526765159568290847noreply@blogger.com