<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richard:
I would love to hear of other people's experiences traveling during the time of the Gulf War and other similar stories. I think the subject of the thread is great, although the politics don't belong in this forum.
--richard, moderator</font>
I'm told that someone called up BA reservations in '91 and asked "What time does Concorde leave for New York?"
The reply - "what time do you want it to leave?"
Being more serious, people seem quite happy to re-discover technology whenever things get a little hairy (video conferencing etc - think post 9.11). I saw no changes in security 12 years back, just quieter flights, lower fares and I guess more cancellations.
IMHO, If people stop travelling in the same way now that they did in '91, given how fares can't really go any lower, it's going to be the end for a number of airlines, especially in Europe as governments can't pump cash/secured loans/whatever into them as is being done in the US....