Couldn&#x27;t agree more.<p>Just this prior weekend, we <i>had</i> to be in Columbus, OH for my inlaw grandparents&#x27; 70th wedding anniversary and then I had to be back to head out to Re-invent in Vegas. With the hurricane possibility, we cancelled our plans to use our airplane and booked 3 day advance purchase trips on one carrier to Cleveland (to avoid connections on the east coast), then drive to Columbus, then fly out of Columbus on a different carrier.<p>Was expensive on its face (4 people, late notice direct flights), but cheaper than risking killing my whole family tangling with weather. Of course, the bad weather didn&#x27;t end up materializing, but you have to be willing to make those calls frequently to use general aviation for travel to take the &quot;get-there-itis&quot; pressure off.<p>If you&#x27;re going to sweat the money for commercial tix&#x2F;hotels&#x2F;cabs or are not willing to sit in the FBO weather room and pilots&#x27; lounge if you&#x27;re caught in weather in the middle of a trip, your risk is going to be way higher than it needs to be.