Flights by U.S. airlines hit 10-year low

Hi Lisa,we're not alone either. I'm constantly surprised at dinner parties and social get-togethers at the number of people who have also sworn off visiting south of the border for the same reasons as us. My wife and I find it especially sad, since we were married in the U.S. But there's no way we're letting our teenage daughters traverse a checkpoint in your country...or ourselves, for that matter.

 

I wish you could talk some sense into the millions of thick skulls down here. People In Denial should be a whole humanoid category unto themselves. We can call them PID.

 

An Austrian couple of my acquaintance didn't believe me. They won't be coming back.

 

Can you tell us what happened to them?

 

I prefer the Huxley designation of "Epsilon" for those who actually believe the TSA is doing something beneficial and necessary.

 

Not really, no. They refused to go into specifics about the TSA "inspection" they suffered on the way home other than to mention that "After all of that, they didn't even find the two shotgun shells I'd left in my jacket pocket."

 

There are millions of thick skulls north of the border, too. Just look who we voted in . Not to worry, though. I have faith that Americans will see the light someday - you guys usually do. And when that day comes, I'd hate to be one of the people responsible for the current assault on freedom down there.

 

And "Epsilon Minus" for the TSA clerks.

 

For those who didn't see it, there was a report on NBC Nightly News tonight about the desperate need for pilots, 500,000 over the next decade(?).

When I heard the headline, my first thought was "why? air travel is down?"

The video has the answer to where the pilots are needed - and it ain't in the US of A.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#48180713

 

Bless you.

 

I wonder what the truth is about pilots and how many are needed.

A couple of months ago AA was supposedly cancelling flights because of a shortage of pilots caused by them calling in sick. Last month I listened to a report again from AA about them laying off pilots. I don't think AA is making any statements without some secondary motives so don't trust them on face value.