Originally Posted by
TuxTraveller
All joking aside, I would prefer not having the US as part of the itinerary, but hassle and TSA stripsearches would likely not be enough to deter me from joining SMD II should the final itinerary include the US in some way.
Avoiding the US means avoiding Boeing. If that's the case, so be it. We can hit Boeing on SMD III after all.
But we do have to realize that TSA security hassles may be better next year, or they may be worse.
If we skip Boeing this year, I would suggest we may as well skip North America entirely and just focus on the Asian thing. As much as I'd love to see everyone in Canada for at least some of the Do, I'm not sure that AC facilities (+ Bombardier maybe) present enough of a draw to merit the time / effort / logistics.