I actually _was_ flying on 9/11, just coming back from Greece. BTW, a hard-case is _essential_ to overcome the Greek desire to trash your luggage.

Classic situation - at checkin in Greece:

"Please can you put this in fragile?" "Fragile? OK." Checkin girl slaps fragile sticker on case, then puts case on conveyor (on its edge) with rest of luggage. 5 yards down, the guitar joins the next conveyor by slamming into the wall neck-first, then falling over with a loud bang. A suitcase then falls on top of it. I narrowly restrain myself from going ballistic...

Graham.