I don't fly often, and I'd say literally 9 times out of 10, the flights have been on time and hassle free, so I usually just do boring things like read a book or putz around on my phone while waiting to board. The last time I flew though, there was a storm that we were going to be flying through (going from Chicago back to NY), and I didn't really feel like dealing with that, so I went over to the airport sports bar and had a few tallboys. Slept it off on the fight home and I was good to go when I was back on the ground.

On drives, I'm usually the one driving, since I used to drive for 8-10 hours a day for work, and can handle driving long distances without whining about it.