Flying is boring. There, I’ve said it and you can’t make me unsay it. Flying is boring.
It is, of course, ridiculous. Here’s the case for the defence:
- You’re six or seven miles up in the air, travelling at speeds that it’s hard to imagine – approaching 1000 kilometres an hour (hey, isn’t that 1 megametre? now there’s a word you don’t find in everyday use) or 600mph in old money;