Yeah, you’re right and I don’t have any plans to visit the Orient regardless. I would feel completely safe on El Al and otherwise I’ll stick with our own, and perhaps British Airways. That’s it. I always take a look at the pilots too and I have changed my mind, but only once. :)
After manuevering through the TSA gauntlet of goons, passengers never know what the pilots might then do to them. Freedom of travel by any mode has been eroded via underhanded backdoor methods of making it just plain miserable and troublesome to move around. How about the example made out of that jogger in Austin? Ruffle the wrong feathers while out getting a little exercise and bam, down you go!