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By Johnny Firecloud

In honor of American Airlines canceling nearly 1,000 flights for the third day in a row, we've put together a list of the top ten reasons why flying sucks.

10. Security - These people can't stop 19 guys with boxcutters, but somehow they manage to be more thorough than a forensic analyst at a multiple homicide scene when I'm late for my flight. Here's my goddamn shoes already - now let me on the plane.

9. Canceled flights - They will cancel your flights without warning and offer the worst possible alternative, like a 3am flight with 7 connections - to a destination two states away.

8. Food - It's not your imagination, the meals have gotten worse over time. Airlines are doing everything they can to cut costs, and that means the hunk of rubbery "meat" on a plastic dish next to a tooth-chippingly hard brownie square is the best you're gonna get.

7. Seatbelts - Yeah, a piece of Kevlar is going to help when the plane becomes a jangled mess of fire and steel.

6. Delays - There's nothing quite like the volcanic frustration of being stuck in your seat while the plane sits on the tarmac for 4 hours, waiting to take off.