[OldPossum]

Re your post 21: and neither will I.

I also have considerable concerns about the safety of flying, not with the quality of the aircraft and the skills of the pilots but the fact that only a tiny percentage of the pilots are armed and able to defend their aircraft. For this, we owe thanks to Secretary of Transportation Mineta, and indirectly, President Bush, for allowing that jerk to keep the majority of pilots from being armed.

[Bear_Slayer]

I also have considerable concerns about the safety of flying, . . . . only a tiny percentage of the pilots are armed and able to defend their aircraft.

The entire process of flying is unpleasant.

Long lines; long waits
Subject to intense scrutiny
Packed like sardines
Unruly passengers
Defenseless pilots

And it's expensive.

I don't go anywhere anymore; if I have to go somewhere, I drive.