Originally Posted by
Vermando
It's because if you live in Louisiana and not New Orleans, Houston and CO are incredibly convenient, yet all the connections are with those freaking RJs. To take a 8, 10, or 12 hour transcon in beautiful BF, and then to connect to one of those pieces of junk, hoping you'll be in seat 12A. Really, it's a disgrace and frustration to everyone in the state.
It is a short hop to IAH....I have a 1 hour prop flight at the start and end of every one of my trips, I enjoy it and sleep through them now. the buzzing engines and swaying of the low altitude flying is just a cradle