Do they still serve alcohol? That always helps to ease the international flights! ;)
First spotting of political attack on TV:
Tim Roemer, 9/11 Commissioner (and Dem), on Fox attacking Bush because "we're still not safe".
It's just too depressing. On one hand they quibble over anything Bush DOES. Then, rather than be humbled when the threat is made apparent, they whine that he hasn't done enough.
It's time for Bush & Co. to drop the "civility" and repeatedly tell the American people how dangerous the libs are to our security.
Thanks for your well-wishes! Flights like that make me wish I drank! They did let us buy books at duty-free after we went through security, and we could board with them on KLM as long as we kept the receipt showing we'd bought them at duty-free. Luckily they had the same titles as we'd checked, so we had "our" books for the flight, albeit duplicates.
They still haven't changed the teensy size and lack of leg room on those transatlantic flights, though, and with all the new hassle, we probably won't be travelling any time soon by plane except as necessary.