Originally Posted by GUWonder
Such an absolute ban is not sustainable over the longer-term.
I remember the time where airlines were state-owned and provided public service with no concerns for profitability. Maybe it's the direction we're slowly taking: if they are truly implementing five-hours security scanning like that moron security experts in the CNN news advised, I can't see private companies providing air transport making any money. The main advantage of airplanes, speed and convenience, is going to disappear except for long flights where no other option is available. Longer delay in small airports will make the hub strategy that keeps airlines profitable unpractical if they do that. I don't see this policy enforceable in the long term, unless the government don't care about the air travel industry.