Wayneburg,<br><br>I'd love to have seen that before you edited it- I suspect you're being diplomatic, but not sure from which position. :-)<br><br>No matter, I'm not going to take offense either way. Any number of otherwise-intelligent people have disagreed with me in the past, and I make it a point not to shoot people for their opinions. :-)<br><br>I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the airlines on "air rage" issue- we all recognize the need for some order on-board, after all, and we've all encountered obnoxious people, and sympathize with the attendants- until I read that some passengers were being PROSECUTED for failing to obey instructions to stay in their seats after NINE HOURS on the runway, waiting to take off, with all restrooms on the plane having malfunctioned.<br>