For:
1. Some people take hard drugs to fall out of time and reality in the way that happens with severe jet lag.
2. Beaming is only possible on television. Or “first”?
3. Some airlines even put model agencies in the shade when it comes to the hottie quota for accompanying staff.
4. The bird’s eye view. Especially at sunrise over a desert.
5. The song “Campari Soda” by Taxi (and Nick Cave’s vomit bag poetry band “Sick Bag Song”).
Against:
1. The mixture of civil war and mafia feud that takes place at the cab rank after landing.
2. Where and when do you look more damaged than in the mirror of an on-board toilet?
3. The dining culture and on-board entertainment. Especially in combination!
4. Thrombosis stockings, rolling suitcases, anti-flight anxiety pills, inflatable neck supports, sleeping masks, 100-milliliter bottles, in-flight magazines and all the trash that nobody really needs, but which nevertheless accompanies us when we make a mess of the environment.
5. The hours we wasted in front of security checks during our lifetime are easy enough to read through “The Lord of the Rings”. The whole trilogy. Epilogue included!
