Sinéad Ryan: Those quirky rules of air travel are not just flights of fancy

I have a flight tomorrow, a red-eye, up-in-the-middle-of-the-night one. But short, thankfully. Aside from the lack of sleep – no, I have never been able to nod off on a plane – I mostly love flying.

Nothing bad has ever happened to me in the air, bar delays, a lack of snacks and a bit of turbulence..