534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It’s an unnatural activity that has become normal. You’re stuck in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers (and strange smells), defying gravity and racing through the sky. But oh, the places you’ll go! We visit the world’s busiest airport to see how it all comes together. (Part 1 of “Freakonomics Radio Takes to the Skies.”)

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0:00.0	Today I want to talk about something we hate, something we love to hate.
0:08.6	At least we say we hate it.
0:10.8	But do we really?
0:13.0	And if so, why do we hate it?
0:16.1	These are big questions.
0:18.2	So let's start small.
0:19.4	Let's start by listening in on a phone call with a man named Troy Jaster.
0:24.4	Hi.
0:25.4	We have a flight that's supposed to take off in a couple of hours, but got a notification
0:30.9	it's delayed.
0:32.5	And so I'm looking on your website.
0:35.3	Looks like there's probably not a chance that we get in tonight still.
0:39.4	But anyway, we have to rebook in one way or another.
0:42.6	Sure.
0:43.6	No problem, sir.
0:44.6	On a re-recevation for our party of four.
0:46.8	Uh-huh.
0:47.8	Do you want to know when we check our flights?
0:50.8	Hold on, please.
0:55.2	Jaster is a 43 year old real estate agent and investor in San Antonio, Texas.
1:00.0	This past Christmas, he was trying to get himself, his wife Danica and their two young sons,
1:05.1	to Omaha, Nebraska to visit with grandparents.
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