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Stop flying. I did.

I pretty much did as well.

Had to make one emergency family-related flight this year, but I do not anticipate doing it again for a long, long time. The security goons separated me from my keys while they took me aside and felt my crotch and waved magic wands and performed all sorts of ju-ju over me. By the time they let me go I had forgotten all about my keys, and didn't think of them again until the very second the plane left the ground.

And airport security personnel are oh-so-concerned about reuiniting you with possessions that they separated you from. </sarcasm>

["...] Be careful what you say. When you say something that is the least bit provocative and a flight attendant hears it or a passenger hears it and it's reported to me, I will have no choice. I will have to land the airplane at the nearest suitable field, and you'll probably be handcuffed, arrested and taken off the airplane. [..."]

The oh-so-courteous police state in the sky. And the passengers applauded? What kind of sheep in humanoid form are grazing in this country?

Even if I have to fly in an extreme emergency -- and those, where you have NO choice, are damned few -- I will not, under any circumstances, fly with the bootlickers of the State at United or American Airlines.