Ben,
Bearing in mind the amount of flying I have done in my life, my career, I nowadays absolutely detest occupying my life sitting in an aluminium tube thus I would say that 11 hours of 4 different aluminium tubes would be more than enough in a month, particularly when it isn't/wasn't for pleasure purposes :)
But.... Its the only reason I GREW to 1.88 meters.
If I had know that doing so wouldn't make me Australian I would have setteld at 1.87m or 1.86m, but instead I grew the full measure to 1.88m, with one and only one hope in mind, that even though I hadn't ever visited the continent, it would still qualify me as being Australian. and now you are telling me that even at THAT I don't qualify?!?
Where is the fairness? Where is the humanity? Where is the rationality in such cruel fate?
I am crest fallen. (And I have fallen arches now - flat feet TOO!)
Right, that's it then.
I'll fly Turkish Airlines next time, and will ask for a seat on the roofrack!
Mind you, I presume that'll be a smoking seat then?