Airports and Flying.
There were times when an airport seemed to be my home away from home. So much so that, before the advent of the cell phone, my “snail-mail” ( the only one available at the time ) would wait for me at what was then the Eastern Airlines Ionosphere Lounge in Miami. Yes, waaay back then… The easiest way to “interconnect” destinations in Latin America was to come back to Miami and go from there to the new port-o’-call. - “Hi Mr. Alcazar…” would say the attendant at the lounge, with her best business smile… -“here’s some mail that came for you”. Services to the “business club” traveler was much better then than now… Why does this come to mind today, as I sit here far removed from the air highways of the world? A few days ago, I went to the local airport to wait for my wife who was coming back from a short vacation, spent with her sister and niece. When I say “local” airport, this doesn’t mean a one-flight-a-day wonder. Charlotte is considered among the top 5 traffic airpor...