Hey Roy!

>> Therein might lie the answer.  Would you have considered flying if
>> all that happened never happened?
> Probably not,

There you go.  Offhand I don't think it changed my attitude that much either.

> I'll get myself an ultralight.  :-)

I see one of those overhead every once and awhile.  I am not sure I am that
daring anymore.  Getting too old but it does look like fun.

> The latest in a long string of excuses.  And I'll bet that if flight crew get
> laid off because an airline isn't doing real well,  those fat cats up at the
>high corportate levels won't suffer at all!  Even Pan Am,  which I've flown on
> went down the tubes but I'll bet that the executives got nice severance
> packages out of the deal.

Could be.  I am not in that league so ...

>> I hear many businesses are pooling their resources and sharing
>> company planes instead of using commercial flights.  I wonder how
>> much impact that has.
> Probably quite a bit,  as business travel makes for a big chunk of their
> business.

Again I am not sure how widespread this really is.  Just something on the
news that caught my attention.

>> My best guess is that by bringing the fight to the Middle East,
>> especially Iraq, makes it much easier for the terrorists to travel.
>> Far less security issues for them.
> Hm.

Exactly.

- Maurice

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