In director Jason Reitman's new film, Up in the Airthe character of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) has embraced a lifestyle which minimizes any potential personal interaction. He spends over three hundred and twenty of the days each year away from "home," flying from place to place firing people. He spends his life in a world of airline seats, business hotels, and indistinct offices that the novel dubs, "'Airworld." He's perfectly content in Airworld, secure in the routine of travel, and the anonymity of crowds of strangers. His only goals are to reach an epic ten million frequent flyer miles (getting the perks that come with that milestone) and keeping his life in Airworld going as long as possible.

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