The airline industry is one of the few businesses where the more you beat up the customers, make them feel uncomfortable, and consistently lie and cheat them, the better your business does.

As daunting as it seems, finding a cheap flight is not impossible and shouldn't require that much time and effort. Cheap flights are possible, you just need to know where to look.

Seriously, you would not want to get stuck sitting here on a long flight -- or, really, any flight.