I did appreciate the blunt Irish humor throughout the book. Poking fun at tourists, business travelers, airport staff, and airline owners alike, Kilduff's slightly exaggerated descriptions of his many trips and misadventures illustrate all that is both worthy and deplorable about air travel as a modern means of transportation. As a frequent traveler myself, I cannot deny that I do sometimes feel like simple "self loading freight" following a cattle-call routine, and yet the world has never been more accessible at our fingertips with high-speed jumbo jets and airfares that make it possible for the average person to cross significant stretches of land and water for as low as one Euro - excluding fees, taxes, and surcharges.
To learn more about the book Ruinair and author Paul Kilduff, you may visit his blog tour. The Damian Daily will be hosting an interactive interview with Kilduff on May 31, where he will be available to answer questions posed by readers.
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