I still remember my first flight. It was a flight from Maryland to California for an assessment center to test for a promotion with the company I was working for at the time. The person sitting next to me was a wreck. She was holding on to her armrests, white knuckled the whole way up. When we got in the air, she turned to me and apologized for how nervous she was. I asked her if it was her first flight. Turns out it wasn't. Had I known that, I might have been a little more nervous that I was.
Of course, since 9/11, flying has gotten considerably more complicated. I remember when my wife and son could sit with me at the gate until my flight took off or meet me when I landed. Now you need a ticket to get close. Every year, security has gotten tighter and tighter, until we have gotten to where we are today. Now we have scanners that essentially can take a nude photo of you or you can be subject to the now infamous new patdown policy from the TSA Agents.
As I said, I understand the outrage. However, at the same time, I do not understand the logic of some, like this one lady I heard call in to Sean Hannity's radio program. She felt that people should not stand for these new procedures and should boycott the airports. The sad thing with this narrow mindedness is that would have no impact on the TSA. It would only impact the airlines, retail shops, restaurants, and the workers that are employed at the airports. It would only harm those folks.
