Originally Posted by robyng

I have flown a lot of those prop planes over the years. From Philadelphia to Ithaca NY. Miami to Tallahassee. Miami to Bimini (sea planes). Etc. I'm not sure what the crash/death stats were on those flights - but a lot were kind of scary because they were small planes that couldn't fly "over the weather" (whether the weather was snowstorms up north in the winter - or thunderstorms in the south in the summer). The one thing I can tell you for sure. The barf bag factor was really way up there . But I find myself on planes these days that still don't get "over the weather".

FWIW - the Holy Grail of many old time FF people like me is free front of the plane international travel. It's where you're getting at least $4-8 or sometimes more per mile. A lot of us old-timers got used to being able to get it. If we saved our miles - and were patient. And planned our trips carefully. Now - it's seems to be on its way to becoming an historical footnote. Robyn