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I understand where you're coming from. It seems like we're left to fend for ourselves.

I don't want security stepped up to the extremes, either. I'm well aware that if we turn airplanes into Fort Knox, they'll go after trains and schools and soft targets. But from the standpoint of the airline industry, if security measures become so burdensome that it begins to erode their balance sheets, they'll have to come up with something to draw people back to flying. And I'm not referring to here and now. I'm referring to D-Day plus one. After something occurs, what then? Who's going to fly if it's that easy to assemble a bomb on a plane and they're profiling Norwegian grandmothers instead?

I don't want security stepped up to the extremes, either. I'm well aware that if we turn airplanes into Fort Knox, they'll go after trains and schools and soft targets. But from the standpoint of the airline industry, if security measures become so burdensome that it begins to erode their balance sheets, they'll have to come up with something to draw people back to flying.

They'll do two things - they'll get the government to bail them out (some of the airlines were having financial problems well before 9/11, and used 9/11 as an excuse to receive handouts from the feds, which was just sickening).

They will also cut down on general aviation.

At times, the feds really seem to have it in for GA, and I can't help but wonder if they have some lobbyists from the airline industry whispering in their ears. I've seen GA looked at with what is practically contempt, by the feds.

Either way, I see this "war" leading to making it harder and harder for the average citizen to travel freely around the country, and if that becomse the norm, then it's a huge battle that the terrorists have won.