Thanks for the concern. I flew to Dallas Monday to have dinner with the president of the AAdvantage program on Monday night. Conversation and topics were perfect. Was scheduled to be at their annual partner summit on Tuesday when the very sad news came upon us all. The summit was apprpriately canceled and I was temporari;y stranded until i remembered that i had an Avis car rental in the garage for yet another parter in pursuit of their 20 Partner promotion and with gas tank full, drove all night back to Colorado to check up on FlyerTalk.

Like many if not all of you - it doesn't matter that i know the faces and the names of our fellow travelers on those unfortunate flights - we are one. I am very saddened and sorry for the times and their lives. We'll light our candles for them, salute our fallen comrades of travel and then after a pause, go forth again.

There are 266* more angels in heaven, 266* more stars in the sky, and we are sure to miss them all and have 266* tears in our eyes.

*minus the hi-jackers.