Enough of the teams meetings now. People are traveling again, flown again. International appointments are also returning. The only difference is that visitors to Spain, for example, have to undergo a cumbersome registration process, be vaccinated, recovered or healthy, otherwise there will be nothing with Barcelona or Palma. Before that, he sat in a crowded plane, also in a middle seat. On the way back, he enjoys the luxury of the emergency exit row, and getting off in groups is pretty decent, as on the outward flight. Both flights to Frankfurt are on time, probably for those who live at the hub. Colleagues who want to return to Germany via Zurich are less fortunate.
There are fewer connections than there used to be, and compromises are necessary.
And patience.
Already on the tarmac, the plane has to go back to the gate, a sensor is defective.
The error is fixed in a reasonable amount of time, but when everything seems to be in order, you have to wait for a written confirmation.
40 minutes until the papers - yes, paper you can touch - are there.
As if there were no digital possibilities.
Only when the sheets confirm that everything is correct can the lift take off.
The connecting flights are of course gone.
Those who want to go to Munich arrive a good four hours later, hamburgers who land in Fuhlsbüttel at 10 p.m. are even worse after they had almost started 13 hours earlier.
And still: does anyone still want teams forever?