Longest time without stepping on a plane?
#16
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I've been on 9 commercial flights this month. It's not really fun right now, so would be happy to take a little break. None scheduled now til the 15th but that could change. Since I started traveling routinely around 2001, longest time without flying was 4 months.
#17
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So far at 42 days since last flight - so if I dont fly anywhere until July 17 - it will be my longest plane-less streak ever.
My longest streaks between flights in my adult life:
114 days (Sep-Dec 2018)
104 days (Mar-Jul 2017)
116 days (Aug-Dec 2013)
119 days (Aug-Dec 2012)
103 days (Mar-Jul 2011)
117 days (Aug-Dec 2008)
Luckily I've never had to fly for work in my life.
My longest streaks between flights in my adult life:
114 days (Sep-Dec 2018)
104 days (Mar-Jul 2017)
116 days (Aug-Dec 2013)
119 days (Aug-Dec 2012)
103 days (Mar-Jul 2011)
117 days (Aug-Dec 2008)
Luckily I've never had to fly for work in my life.
#18
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Sitting at 45 days since my last flight and while it is nice to take care of things in detail I might not have thought about had I been traveling for work I do suffer from a little flight withdrawal 😁. I have even started collecting model airplanes in this downtime so at least I can pretend to fly somewhere ( wait,I need to buy a model airport to park these model planes ). The next flight I will be on will hopefully be soon but the flight I lost look forward to is to return to my wife in Argentina ( hopefully soon after September 1st when the ban there is lifted ). I will leave you all with this video of me landing into BOS last summer as it’s one of my favorite places to land in the U.S. with downtown so close
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Anyway, back OT my last flight was exactly two months ago, a short domestic hop DTW-JFK. (Upgrade cleared at the gate!). I have a gap of about that length every year or two, in 2019 I had a gap of about 10 weeks in spring and about 9 weeks in fall of 2017.
At this point, the earliest I expect to get on a plane is August (and that's 50/50), which at about 22 weeks would be the longest gap since I started detailed record keeping.
Last edited by bennos; May 5, 2020 at 7:44 am
#20
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I had some long gaps in 2013. I was working as a 911 operator and police dispatcher and then getting ready to start law school so I focused on work and school. I took no flights between February 17, 2013 and May 3 of that year and at one point I worked 37 straight days. Later that year I had a few gaps of two months with no flights.
#23
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Almost six months since my last flight. This is my longest flightless stretch since I started traveling for work regularly in 2009. I have a trip scheduled for September but that's increasingly looking like it will be cancelled or at least postponed until November. Without any other travel on the horizon I miss the planning almost as much as actually flying.
#25
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I've been working from home for nearly 3 months - I think my wife is getting sick of me
#26
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My last flight was in December so this is definitely my longest without a flight in at least 10 years, probably 15. I'm an accountant so January-March are usually no-fly for me and then I do a big trip in April and just keep going from there. My big trip to end my busy part of the year was Argentina. I was supposed to head there on April 18th... well... that did not happen.
#28
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ugh... haven't flown since Feb 21.
Pretty sure this is the longest streak since 2002 and maybe even 1993.
I got a refund on a canceled ticket I'd purchased in late 2019, so my air travel spend is actually negative in 2020.
Pretty sure this is the longest streak since 2002 and maybe even 1993.
I got a refund on a canceled ticket I'd purchased in late 2019, so my air travel spend is actually negative in 2020.
#29
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This must the longest stretch since possibly mid 1980s which I have not flown / been on a plane !
My late January trips had to be cancelled & it became evident that February trips were not going to happen either with the evolving situation . Was in Bangkok when Thailand announced her first case of CoVid - 19 !
Hoping borders will be open there so I can do a first test flight , rather unsure with all the restrictions on board though .
My late January trips had to be cancelled & it became evident that February trips were not going to happen either with the evolving situation . Was in Bangkok when Thailand announced her first case of CoVid - 19 !
Hoping borders will be open there so I can do a first test flight , rather unsure with all the restrictions on board though .
#30
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Rarely it’s 4-5 months as the longest time not flying; that last drought was November 2017 to April 2018. My most recent flight was March 8 2020 and I don’t know when I’ll next fly.