Boxie, I find it a lot different! Airports used to be lovely places to be and flights used to be so relaxed. Over the years it has got worse and worse. Both of us decided to cut out any flying with our holidays last year (although I snuck in a visit to a friend in Spain with Easyjet) and again this year we are having (one coming at the end of the month) two British holidays.
Mind you, as both of us used to work and play at airports in the 70's that might well be why I find it so very different!!