From now until sometime after New Years, air travel becomes more than just flight. Since I fly year round, I was going to be here anyway, but somehow there’s just more to it right now. Maybe it just seems more meaningful at either end, and maybe it really is. It could be sharing space with believers, the hype of Xmas commercialism or just the kids growing up so fast and getting swept up in the moment. But it always seems faster and more condensed. Added to this having family on both sides of this great nation I have the stress of making Chrissy lunch. For all of us it is the holiday pilgrimage to family and home, tradition, reunion, togetherness. More than just a flight, we’ll make a passage together.
So now I have landed and my passengers deplane safely into the arms of family and friends, I’ll turn right around and retrace the flight path with more holiday pilgrims, connecting them with the places the people and things that matter to them. Maybe all of our lives are reflections of each other and hence everyone is experiencing exactly the same thoughts and feelings.
But for now Happy holidays everyone.
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