I think its just miserable.
I dislike it from start to finish and where I can I avoid it like the plague.
The reduction of customer service by the airlines has really done just what you are saying for me.
I fly business between syd-per monthly and it is just suckful. The mealsy s are what i used to get on Ansett years ago in economy, and they dont even serve desert any more.
The fifty minute wait for bags at either end (usually sydney is worse than perth for this) just tops it off, then you have to battle the taxi nazis in sydney
