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Why were all passenger flights grounded for almost three days since the attacks so that new security procedures could be put in place?

Obviously, it was not as safe to fly as we assumed.

If our air traffic safety was so secure before, why is there a perceived problem now ?

Um, probably because there was a group of insane whack jobs that flew into the WTC, Pentagon, and who know where else if they didn't crash.

Could it be that it wasn't really that safe ?

Perceptive.

I was supposed to fly to LOGAN airport the night this happened. You think I wanted to get on plane? How many bomb threats were logged after these events? How many buildings were shut down and evacuated. After an event like this, its probably safer to err on the side of caution until there are mechanisms in place to try and prevent John Q. Terrorist from boarding our domestic flights and killing thousands more. People have long been saying that airport security is lax. Seems like it is a good time to start fixing the holes, especially since no one knew if there were more whackos interested in meeting their maker via a flying fireball.

I have been more than happy to criticize the Bush administration and its KoolAid drinking cheerleaders who blindly support what I perceive to be anti conservative ideas. But I think it is a stretch to blame this on Bush jr. Our intelligence agencies have been neutered by Clinton mostly. Our security has been rendered inefficient by Politically Correct rhetoric that makes any "questioning" the target of claims of racisms, sexism, xenophobia...etc.

These problems are the result of extended corruption. Make sure you blame the right people.