Is it flying really the best way to travel?

After a 48 hours trip (literally), and dealing with lost luggage, mean flight attendants and endless lines of people waiting to be rescued, I asked myself, is it really flying the most efficient way of traveling? I mean, is this the best that the brightest engineers of the world have to offer to take us from one place to another?

To be honest I have my doubts, on top of that it seems like the actual developments being done are more focused on improving the quality of the materials, fuel efficiency or passengers capacity rather than other more essential issues. What we really need is something  completely different because flying has become as overcrowded a Mardi Gra parade in rush hour.

Some time ago I found something on the Internet and although I'm not sure of its feasibility in terms of making it a reality for intercontinental flights, it is by far much more attractive than spending 10 hours in a stinking seat to go from Philadelphia to Rome, I'm talking about the Vactrain , I know it sounds like a super-hero but don't tell me that it wouldn't be cool to fly from New York to London in the time that it takes you to fix dinner.

Avionics and its market policies are something from the past, we need a new solution now. Engineers of the world, free yourselves from the oppression of the airliners executives and bring everything that you have inside to create a way of transportation more adequate for the twenty-first century.