Flying again with HEPA filters
It’s not as bad as I was thinking it would be.
But still, I’m not all that into flying commercially any longer. For sure, I enjoyed flying when it was comfortable and generally more reliable. But for the last couple of decades, flying has been anything but enjoyable. So I didn’t miss it when I was stuck at home inside the central air conditioning of home during the pandemic. Our company shut down our offices with the zone controlled HVAC and sent us home to work. Additionally, I was grounded and had to crank the quality heating and air of my car in order to get out and do business with our customers. While driving around to customers took a bit more effort, it actually was pleasurable and I didn’t hate it. So that’s why I chose to drive to meet with customers. I might run into heavy traffic but my trips are never suddenly canceled. And the air conditioning in my car is always good. That’s not true for most of the flights I’ve been on. Unfortunately, that characteristic of flying has continued. The first thing I felt when I got back on commercial airplanes was a lack of quality heating and air. I just felt packed in with not enough air conditioning. However, I was glad to know that there were HEPA filters on the plane. At least that was an upgrade. HEPA filters remove more than 99 percent of all airborne contaminants. So at least the indoor air quality of my flight had improved since I last boarded a flight for business.