Well the airlines, especially in the U.S., are certainly convinced that we're all afraid of flying now, since their patriotic response to this tragedy has been to promise 100,000 immediate layoffs.

And despite everyone's absolutely correct sentiments that the passenger rail services should be developed and improved, not degraded and overpriced, this hasn't happened.

The current conventional wisdom that nobody wants to fly anymore, is going to be yesterday's news by...next week or so. (The current rumour that a follow-up action was planned for Sept 22 will be the turning point; if it doesn't happen things will normalize pretty quickly; if by chance it does, people will really be scared)

Me, I haven't been off the ground in ten years. But I'll be going soon enough...

Willie-O
saving for Scotland