Friday. Weve been desensitized, and weve been trained to think that the airport experience is horrible. Why should that be . That only happened just recently. You know, before it was the miracle of flight. Traveling was exciting. Reporter but for most americans, its been a long time since flying was anything close to exciting. Smaller seats, fuller plane, and often dark, dingy terminals that feel a bit like bus stations. We invented the aviation system, and we dont have one of the top 30 airports in the world. Records tory barnes is a Vice President of the u. S. Travel association. We dont need a taj mahal. Were not asking for that. We just need the government and private sector to be willing to invest in making it a better system. Reporter the average airport in the u. S. Is now 40 years old. Experts estimate 128 billion in new investment is needed over the next five years just to keep up with the growing number of flyers. If things stay the way they are now, will travelers experience