I have been reading articles about the future of airline travel and it scares me. Ever since the great curse placed upon airlines by the travel agent in the 90's as a result of eliminating commissions, airlines have suffered from additional financial and maintenance problems. Some have merged, some have gone bankrupt and others are close to failing. I always thought it was strange as to why two failing airlines would merge in order to make it the largest failing airline. I don't understand the logic. It's JoyStar math on a larger scale.

I was watching the History channel one day and the subject matter was about the importance of the horse drawn wagon in developing this country as it moved people from place to place. As an entrepreneur in my past life, this subject went off like a bell in my head. I hear occasional sounds in my head anyway but this was really loud. I thought to myself, "Yes! Bring back the horse drawn wagon."

Armed with just this thought, I contacted an investor friend of mine who lives in Lancaster, PA. He was certainly knowledgeable about horse drawn wagons. Together we could bring back the wagon but with a 21st century look and appeal. We felt that to be successful we must "humanize" the experience, solve the baggage problem, create an easier check-in for our customers, eliminate the TSA, each seat would be both window and aisle, air sickness would be a thing of the past and we could have 100% savings on jet fuel.

We felt the design of the wagon was important as it must result in high customer satisfaction. The wagons must be manufactured to accept the harsh conditions of cold weather as well as the heat of summer. We realized that aircraft today come in different sizes from the short hopper shuttle to the 500 passenger super jumbo jet. A 500 passenger horse drawn wagon appeared out of the question so we determined our wagons could accommodate from 2 to 30 passengers plus a crew of up to three. We would just have to build many of them. However, it would create more jobs and probably more illegal immigration.

Costs and passenger pricing were also important to our plan. We felt we could eliminate the major costs of jet fuel, employee labor costs, CEO fat salaries and golden parachutes. We believed strongly that our best approach was not to hire anyone from the airlines due to their bureaucratic ways and disinterest in what's best for the public.

We decided to recruit our wagon (formerly called flight) attendants and our wagon master (formerly called a pilot) from the National Square Dance and Hay Farmer's local unions. Each wagon would have one wagon master and 2 attendants (We call them Daisy-Maes). The wagon would be outfitted with a portable potty located just behind the wagon master. Buffalo chips, manufactured by our own horses, without preservatives, would be served in lieu of other snacks loaded with preservatives and would appeal to the health "nuts". On longer trips food would be no problem as the wagon can make frequent stops at Starbucks and fast food restaurants. At least we would have great coffee.

There would be no need to drive and park our cars at the congested airports. Horse drawn wagons would be placed at each county, city or town hall. Obviously, our wagons are still in the developmental stage. We are seeking ideas from our flying friends. We know we can eliminate the airlines while at the same time we can wake up to smell the roses (or is it the manure) and get back to nature.

I apologize to those of you who don't have a sense of humor and of course, in their minds, have better things to do. I was just trying to make your day a little more fun.