No thanks, I'll drive

[Wanker]

My airfare is already paid for to fly to the con, but I'm not convinced that the new security measures put in place at airports are strict enough.

I am afraid of heights, so I don't like to fly to begin with(except virtually, because the farthest I could fall would be out of my chair, about 2 ft.), and now with terrorism a distinct possibility....

If it were just me, I'd chance it without much thought. But I have a wife and 2 yr old son to live for. I know the odds for a safe trip are in my favor, but I'm sure that's what those 266 people thought on Tuesday, too.

And sure, I could get killed in a car accident on the way there or back, but at least most people out on the roads aren't trying to kill others.

I know I sound paranoid, but is it really paranoia considering what just happened?

Minnesota to Grapvine TX, 941 miles= 16 hrs according to Yahoo maps.

Hmmm...what to do, what to do......

[Staga]

Don't let 'em win.

[Skuzzy]

banana,..today I would be concerned, but by the end of the month,...welp,..let's see what it is like.

[Tac]

No trains?

[eskimo2]

banana:

Even if 4+ airliners crashed a year, air travel would still probably be many times safer than auto travel.  Thousands of people die each year in auto accidents.  Yet we only hear about:
The ones in our home towns,
the ones that involve many fatalities,
the ones that kill the famous
and the ones that kill people that we know.  
Airline accidents and crashes always dominate the news because they are so dramatic and involve massive loss of life, so we are much more aware of them.

Keep your tickets, and if you drive a small car, sell it and buy a Volvo.

eskimo

[Vermillion]

banana, you have to think like a terrorist.

Terrorist like guerilla freedom fighters (actually they're usually the same) hit where the enemy is weak and where they least expect it.

While I'm sure that there will be terrorist activities in the future concerning air travel, I wouldn't expect to see it happen in the near future.

Remember it has been over 10 years since the last hijacking in the US.

There are way too many juicy targets in the US that are practically ungaurded right now. Which I won't go into.

I'm still flying to the Con.

[Greg 'wmutt' Cook]

I dunno, about the last thing I would expect right now is another hijacking attack.

[Fatty]

I'll be flying towards the end of this month.  More somber, definately, but I'm not going to stop living just because someone wants me to die.

Won't be flying to Dallas though, well, because it's faster to drive.  Especially now with longer check in.

[daddog]

Swing by CA on the way and pick me up.  

[Thrawn]

It's your wife and your child banana, no one elses.  You do what you think is best to protect them.

[Karnak]

I'm driving from California, but not because of terrorists.  That's what I had planned to do already.

banana,

My advice to you is to do what makes you feel most comfortable and what you judge best for your family.

[Thunder]

I have reservations to see my grandaughter Oct.5 thru the 8th for her birthday in Colorado. I will be on that aircraft. I look at it this way. I not going to cowtow to them and if they are on our plane I will look at it positively. I will concider it a target rich environment! They won't stand a chance with all the pent up anger we americans have toward terrorists! They should be the ones afraid now... not us!

Thunder

[lazs1]

Ever since the airline made it a plicy that the only people that would be armed on a flight were the bad guys.....I have felt that every time I boarded a plane I was on my own.

I don't feel "safe" in a plane with every single person disarmed except the bad guys... the only thing that makes me feel that it will be ok is.... luck of the draw.   To be on the same plane as a crazy would be very unlucky but let's not fool ourselves....

The airlines are throwing us to the wolves and we are just throwing the dice.   They pretty it up by making it safe for us on the ground but when those wheels leave the ground... you are on your own in a very bad situation with no tools and no chance for outside help.   If you feel 'safe'... you are an idiot and allways have been.  

The way to look at any airlines scam for security is... Would it have stopped what just happened?   Till we get some armed good guys to counter the armed bad guys.... we have no "security".   There really is no other viable solution.   And.... it's one hell of a lot less intrusive than some of the crap they are comintg up with so far!
lazs

[Mox]

Originally posted by Thrawn:
It's your wife and your child banana, no one elses.  You do what you think is best to protect them.

What Thrawn said!  It's your family, you do what you thinks best for them.

[ispar]

lazs, arming passengers on an aircraft is absurd and insane. In no way would you be anymore "safe." First, it would allow those who intend to hijack to enter the aircraft with whatever weapons they feel are necessary. Second, you end up with idiots (and even non-idiots) trying to "defend" themselves from the evil terrorists and punching holes in the pressurized cabin, hitting other innocent passengers, and generally causing chaos and mayhem when calm control of that kind fo situation is extremely important and absolutely necessary. Leave your defense to the Sky Marshals and their frangible bullets, and to the pilots who are going the best whoopee job they can to keep you and people on the ground safe. Arming the passengers would create at least as many problems as it solves.