I think it is great to donate miles to charity, to give blood, to volunteer, etc. I certainly advocate doing so. Due to the heroic efforts of the Ameircan people, there has been a lot of money raised, lots of miles donated, and lots of blood collected. And those efforts should continue in full force. I will donate blood as soon as I can get an appointment to do so, even though I'll just be indirectly helping 2500 miles away...

But we also need to fly, even if it is on low fare tickets, to get traffic levels up and keep airline employees employed.

The airlines aren't going to be there for us when demand returns if we don't support them now. Another way we can help is by booking future travel now. The airlines need cash flow and are making long term decisions based on bookings in the next few days.

I don't mean to be insensitive in light of the horror that took place last Tuesday, but the airlines are not going to recover unless we support them.