IDEA OF FLIGHT
Throttle full open in your hands, wind screaming in your ears, and the steep climbing angle defying the gravity, the overpowering yet scintillating odour of grease and engine oil, the thrust produced by the twin engines, the speeding air trying to knock you out of the seat – this is my idea of a perfect flight. “Who do you want to be in the future?” every teacher asks this staple question to every young child, and I was no exception, I too, got this staple question directed at me and my answer was another staple stuff – Flying. Have I flown? Yes, thanks to the job that I have, it includes frequent travel all over the country. But every time the jet engine revs up, you feel claustrophobic; you are enclosed in a metal tube and is being hurled out into the stratosphere at amazing speeds. You know that you are at 20,000 feet, yet you feel like you are bound and enclosed. You feel the sweet fragrance of the perfumed interiors and the constant attention of the beautiful attendants. St...