Here's what a thread like this makes me wonder. ACLU is legendary for taking up unpopular causes. Is this an unpopular cause? Is the possibility of changing this through popular pressure remote since the problem is happening to so few people? Is airline travel some sort of elite activity in which so few participate that the regulators don't even have to sweat complaints? Anyone have a guess about this? I know that things that bother a substantial majority do bring some sort of reaction from the Leviathan. But other cases that are just a lot of noise by a very small minority get lip service but no action from government agencies.