It's either safe, or it's not. Why would you feel it's safe to make a mileage run, but unsafe to take the family? If you truly feel it is unsafe, you certainly should not take the family to europe, why would you risk leaving your children w/out a father, just to get to Plat?

I'm not trying to be critical, just pointing out the logic.

As for myself, the wife and I will be flying this sunday CLE-EWR-CDG-BCN. We will then pick up a nice Med cruise that ends in ATH. we plan to spend a few days there, then head to Paris for a few more days before flying back to the states. It's gonna take a lot more than us bombing some caves to keep me at home. Quite honestly, the only thing that would stop me at this point is another airline shutdown.

Go if you think it's safe, or don't go at all. I'm proud to be an American, and I'm not taking my "Al Gore is a risky scheme" sticker off my samsonite!