"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Jose" wrote in message
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You may call it ironic; I find commercial air travel very inconvenient
with all the post 911 nonsense we have to put up with.

As do I. But we seem to be in the minority.

The only reason I do it is that for intercontenental trips, driving takes
much longer, and is thus more inconvenient. However I've stopped flying
commercially on anything less than, oh, a thousand miles or so.

Nevertheless, the general population has shown no such reduction in their
air travel. Obviously, they don't find the hassles to be significant
enough to affect their travel decisions.

It's interesting to note though that while the flying public grouses about
what a PITA it is to travel, the "Security IQ" of the flying public remains
painfully low.

Every week it's the same idiotic crap at security:
- Women wearing tons of jewelry
- Men wearing boots with steel shanks or ten miles of laces.
- Large steel buckles on belts
- Laptops left in bags
- Phones left on hips
- Bluetooth headsets left stuck in ears

It's kind of amusing when you run across that someone who is taking their
first airplane ride in several years (maybe even post 9/11.) You can spot
them a mile away.

But unfortunately, I see most of the above being done by people with 100K
tags and World Club tags on their bags....business travelers. Presumably
people who travel frequently.

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Jay B