[Hildy]

Well, I'm flying cross country this Friday. I am definitely NOT looking forward to it. I guarantee you I will be the one they wand and flag. I flew to NY the November after 9/11. We flew 1st Class (with frequent flier miles) so I thought we'd avoid any of the nonsense. It was horrible. I was the ONLY one that was flagged. There were two middle eastern looking men and - nope - Just a middle-aged Jewish broad was the chosen. They made me open all my suitases...TWICE! I was wanded and patted down...then wanded again before boarding the plane...like between the check-in counter and the escalator someone slipped me some box-cutters. I was so annoyed.

Flying first class again this week....we'll see if things have changed a bit.

[saleman]

I know I'm late to the party but I just couldn't resist.

So suppose I'm coming back from a party. Had a couple of glasses of wine. You run a red light and kill my wife. Who's going to jail for her death?

[Badray]

My ex flies a lot. She flies first class all the time and watches everyone who boards and says that she will leave if she sees anything that's hinky. She has the FBI number programmed into her phone if she does.

She's a fair skinned, blonde Italian and she gets wanded and searched EVERY time she flies.

I asked her if she wanted a note from me that said that I was the only one that she ever terrorized.

Good luck with your flight.