I absolutely loathe flying. I'm not scared of flying (in fact I find takeoff and landing to be quite exciting), but rather I just find the whole experience of public air travel to be utterly deplorable, and frankly, disgusting! Airports are congested, people on planes have zero personal hygiene, getting the shakedown at airport security, etc. is just an invasion of my personal space that I rather not endure, which is why I only fly when it's absolutely essential.
However, there are a couple of upcoming projects for which I may have to travel, so I was recently looking at some airfares, which is why I was very interested to see that the bing travel blog has an interesting recent post about airfares rising faster on the west coast vs. east coast. Cross-country fares have also risen by a whopping 23% over a 4 week period.
Anyway, I just thought it was interesting enough to share. Personally, I think I'm just going to line up as many conference calls as I can over a 2 day period and drive where I need to go rather than fly. That way I can still get work done and I don't have to fly. Unfortunately, I was hoping to make an international trip and I may just have to concede and fly, because I can't drive and I can't afford to charter a large yacht (though I would if I could before flying).