<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NoStressHere:
... how much can we attribute this to the crazy rules in place from long lines, blocked off parking areas, missed flights, money spent on extra rules, etc.? It will take more than one of these to get America's attention. There is a limit to how much time and money we can spend on security (or lack thereof).</font>
If 9/11 had never happened HP was probably going to file bankruptcy before year end. In a weird sort of way, it actually bought them time because they were able to hide behind the fallout.