[Bear_Slayer]

The government does not own the Transportation Industry. If private industry tells you to jump through hoops to buy or use their product, then you jump through the hoops or buy elsewhere.

And that's why I don't fly - I won't jump through their hoops.

[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.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

The government does not own the Transportation Industry. If private industry tells you to jump through hoops to buy or use their product, then you jump through the hoops or buy elsewhere. And that's why I don't fly - I won't jump through their hoops

So why are you using the internet?