I’m Ken McLeod and I’ve been fortunate enough to have enjoyed an extended career in the travel industry for more years than I care to admit, allowing me to see most of the world.
I travel. I write for the travel industry and other related outlets. I take on commissions which require experience, insight and maybe a little humour through writing, consultancy and mentoring. Over 80 countries later, Last Flight Out allows me to write about my past adventures, specifically road trips, which is where I’m happiest, no matter what road I’m on or where it ends.
There is a story from Key West about the air service that operated to Miami in the early 1970’s. Air Sunshine, or Air Sometimes as it was called only had two flights a day. The 11pm flight was often delayed or sometimes didn’t even leave at all as bartenders in town shouted “Last Flight Out” for last orders and as a warning to head to the airport. It became a symbol of Key West’s laid-back lifestyle with a refusal to rush but resulted in overcrowded flights and stranded tourists consoling themselves at the tiny airport bar that never closed.
So Last Flight Out is more a philosophy than just a website name. It’s a hopeful, encouraging suggestion that life can be lived to the full, making time to enjoy it in all its wonder, whether we are in the air or on the road.
A never-ending story. We have it in all of us. To slow down, stay awhile longer and take that Last Flight Out.