How are you feeling about flying out of / into DCA right now?
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Anonymous
| 3. Avoid. |
Anonymous
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3-4 DCA
2-3 if I ever have to do Newark I'm not a nervous flyer but I will be avoiding DCA if at all possible, especially coming back and landing |
Anonymous
| Just flew into DCA. We actually had to do a go-around on the landing on the way in. I'm not worried about it at all -- plane crashes are quite rare statistically, certainly much less common than car crashes, and I drive all the time. |
Anonymous
| 2 |
Anonymous
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10
Infinitely better than IAD or BWI. |
Anonymous
| 10, odds are still extremely low comparatively. |
Anonymous
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Still safer than driving!
And IAD is most of an hour away from me. DCA's just 15 minutes. Someone can do the math. |
Anonymous
The math is a benefit of 45 mins each way so 1 hour and 30 mins total. Signed, Someone |
Anonymous
| I think about it, but it hasn’t actually changed my behavior. DCA is still usually cheaper and better times for the routes I need. |
Anonymous
Cool, now do the statistical/ actuarial math of the risk involved in 90 minutes on VA highways vs 15 minutes mostly down RCP followed by a takeoff from DCA. |
Anonymous
| DCA has the only direct flight from this area to my parents’ closest airport, so I still use it, but I was already a nervous flyer so it does give me pause. |
Anonymous
| 3 |
Anonymous
| Don't feel great about it. Booked our August trip out of IAD even though DCA is cheaper and easier. For a funeral next week, we're flying out of DCA bc IAD would be atronomical, but flying home to IAD bc I didn't feel good about arriving at DCA late at night (seems better to fly out of DCA during daytime that arrive at night). |
Anonymous
| Reagan is great. |
Anonymous
Never flown through Newark. What is it that makes it bad? |