Multihour

It’s just that when I’ve been stripped of my possessions, my dignity and any semblance of personal space and then strapped in for a multihour spell in the world’s most cramped and crappy bar car, the little niceties go a long way toward keeping me – keeping everyone – sane.

In the case of a dramatic runway incursion last year at New York’s John. F. Kennedy International Airport, the pilots took off for the multihour trip to London after nearly hitting another loaded passenger jet.