In a previous article, Ross Younger said:
Apologies if it's an oft-asked question, but what does flying do for
you folks?

I wrote a tiny bit about this in my blog.
http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/000004.html

Chronic pain keeps me from cross country skiing, backpacking, canoeing,
orienteering and mountain biking, but I can still fly.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
The magic BOFH-phrase you need to summon at this point is:
"_Your_ lack of planning is not about to become _my_ emergency."
-- Tanuki