Terminally Insane (@flyered)

Since Tuesday, a 28-year old Texan man is enacting one of my worst nightmares of his own free will.

Brendan Ross is an “aviation fanatic” and soon-to-be air traffic controller. When he found himself with a bit of time to kill and happened to spot a crazy All-You-Can-Jet deal by airline JetBlue, he placed an ad on Austin Craigslist to offer his services (whatever services) in return for the $600 air pass. The pass would give him 30 days of unlimited air travel along JetBlue’s route map. His Craigslist ad was spotted by the sadists at Wired’s Autopia blog who saw a clear win-win sitch. They went and bought him the pass and offered him a job blogging about his experiences as Terminal Man. But there were rules.

When he’s not flying, he can’t leave airports for the whole 30 days. So he has to find somewhere to sleep, eat and shower on airport premises, for a whole month. Over at Wired, you can make suggestions for where he should go or what he should do. Wired have promised to keep an eye on his sanity and will stop the experiment if he starts to crack. 

Personally, I think he’s beyond cracked for even doing this!

He’s twittering under the name @flyered, so you can follow his travels. Blog posts will appear on Autopia, here. If your paths cross, go say hello, buy him some deodorant or take him for dinner.

Photo: Brendan Ross