Well, here's the real prolem. I'm all about security, but so far, any increased security measures have been put "on the backs of the traveling public" and not the NSA and not the airlines. We are thinking about canceling a cruise we have scheduled for Sept 13 for medical reasons on our travel insurance, as neither my wife nor I are physically capable of watiing in 8 hour lines to get through security. My wife must have water regularly, for medical reasons. My legs and feet are too bad for such things (old war injury).

If we need increased security measures (and I think we do), this should be accompanied with an IMMEDIATE increase in the number of NSA checkpoints so that the traveling public will not have to wait in unreasonable lines. What ever happened to the Americans With Disabilities Act? And, if we cannot be allowed to carry on bottled water on airplanes because of security problems, the airlines should be REQUIRED to provide it for free in the boarding areas (after passengers have cleared security).

Airlines are one of the types of companies I dislike the most. We may have to stop cruising because of them --- due to the fact that we live so far from any port. I am a great advocte of "airline re-regulation", if only to take some of the burden of the need for increased security off of the backs of the passengers.

Thanks,
Richard