Ping
True, the article states "most...still grounded", but tisn't I who is trying to leave false impressions. Check out what I found in an article dated Thursday September 13, 2001, link in #45:
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said commercial and private planes would be allowed to fly effective 11 a.m. EDT Thursday.
Very interesting. I hadn't looked before to see who wrote the article - now that I see it was Jean Heller, I know it was written by a reporter with an agenda.
Ms Heller fancies herself an investigative reporter completely wasted in what she calls "The retirement capitol of the world." She keeps waiting for the NYT to discover her. Before this flight story, her most celebrated article was in early 1991, when she looked at satellite photos and "proved" that there were no Iraqi soldiers in Kuwait - and that (gasp!) Colin Powell was dragging us into war for no reason.
Ho hum. Another reporter with ambition and a heart full of bitterness.