The new rules and constant hassles of traveling have pushed me to cut back - unfortunately the clients that want overseas travel agreed to a doubling of rates for travel time, but my domestic air travel will go down an order of magnitude starting next month ^ ^ .

Something is definitely up in a broader sense, because twice this week I have been in IAH and it is the quietest it has been at these times of day for years. Right now if a weapon were fired down one of the terminal halls, the only thing that would be hit is either a security officer or a shoeshiner. Even though it is Wednesday, this is the same time I have been travelling for over half the time the past two years.

Either it is a remarkable coincidence (maybe just CO), or the airlines will be screaming for mercy in a month or two.