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But suggesting that the airlines deserve to go under for attempting to find weapons borne by passengers, and that the country should want to live without air travel as a way of life and as a loss to the economy, is silly as a goal and as a security decision.

True enough. The airlines don't really "deserve" anything one way or the other. The system in place is what it is, and we'll all see the long-term consequences (good or bad). As a whole, the flying public will make an intelligent decision regarding flight, and demand will end up at a level of appropriate to the service/price offering. I'm not sure anyone knows what that level of demand is likely to be.

As a whole, the flying public will make an intelligent decision regarding flight, and demand will end up at a level of appropriate to the service/price offering.

Exactly. Hence a biometric database would greatly ease the existing inconvenience of flying. Let those who choose not to be included in the database stand in line and remove their shoes and show their plastic ID cards, while those who made an intelligent decision regarding an appropriate level of service will be ushered right to their seats.