Traveling? You must be more at home, by now, as a ward of the airlines than on any of your native islands.

That's somewhat true I suppose, but really did just land in Hong Kong from Philly 1 hour ago!

And when you left your tray table up, your seat in the fully-upright position, and made your way to the nearest cabin exit to say goodbye, was somebody chopping onions?

Well, it was not that emotional.