Originally Posted by
sbagdon
Bravo. I should have chosen my word more carefully, and you have a valid point.
Someone once told me... all things are simple, people make things complicated.
The fact that such a large percentage of air travel passengers can't (or don't? or won't?) just turn around and walk away is more a judgment of passengers then air travel.
Why is it that large percentages of passengers aren't just... turning around and walking away?
I suspect because there is not a reasonable alternative. The majority that do have a reasonable alternative have already opted for such and don't even appear at an airport. For those others that have an issue with the atrocious security, but show up, have very little option. Most probably due to time constraints and a variety of other criteria. Trains are more comfortable, but not fast. Driving either requires a rental car(can cost more than a plane ticket) or a personal auto in good enough shape for the trips, but are still much slower.
Consider a family trying to go on vacation to Disney World from Denver. That's a 30 hr. drive straight through, with kids in the car. That will be a 2-3 day drive just getting there, 2-3 back. That is no longer a weekend vacation to Wally World.