I used to live in Evanston, and would only fly out of MDW. I’d rather the extra 45 minutes on the El, even if it meant probably being murdered on the south side.

Sure, the problem is, when I’ve flown out of O’Hare 10-15 times in the last 3 years, and well over half of those involve an hour+ delay, there reaches a time when SSS no longer applies. It’s also a far nastier experience than anywhere else I travel, and I fly AWE through LGA fairly regularly.

Sure, but every other airport I visited had 10-15 minute lines. And O’Hare pushed 1:45 on a Tuesday afternoon.

Yeah, United is a hot bloody mess out of KORD. Which, I mean, they’re a mess everywhere, but worse at KORD. The terminals are always so jampacked it’s hard to walk through.

Sure, but, the only airport I’ve ever waited more than a half hour for security. There are countless other reasons to hate on ORD, but lines certainly have been atrocious. That’s not counting the rudest people I’ve ever met while traveling, being delayed 50-80% of my times there, wildly overpriced food/drink, and…

In 2002, I once waited 1:45 in security at KORD (which was my last trip there for almost a decade). At Midway, in 4 years of travel, never waited more than 10 minutes.

In my first year of biz travel, 80% of my flights were delayed at least an hour here. Also it’s the most overpriced airport I’ve ever visited. $3.70 for a bottle of Coke?

I was amazed at boarding at Zurich on Swiss Air, heading for Boston. It’s an A333, and instead of boarding by zones or anything, they just say “You may now board.” So 300 people rush the door all at once. Ridiculous.

Lost it at “Walk out onto tarmac.”

Chicago has, by far, the rudest people of any place I’ve ever been/lived in. ORD somehow makes that even worse.

I sometimes wonder if O’Hare is designed to be as awful as it is. It seems unlikely for it be naturally become that bad.

Reading it as we speak! I usually am not a fan of movie adaptations, but I have a really good feeling about this one.

I imagine you as an anthropomorphic frowny face.

Miata Wagon.

Not since fuel prices tanked a few months ago, right?

Flying first class isn't anything particularly positive, it's just the absence of most everything negative. With even Silver status on US Air I find travel to generally be somewhat pleasant, but definitely nicer in First Class.

This comment is hilarious. I'm amazed at what people will freak out over on the 'net.

Paro is friggin' insane. I do not land well here in FSX.

You're having a great thread. Props where it's due.

Fine, but Bridgeport, CT is the true lower intestine of North America.