I don't fly much anymore, mostly because it's become an unpleasant, over-crowded, and expensive exercise. Lately if I travel far enough to consider flying, I've ended up driving. The hullabaloo in recent weeks about the new TSA inspection procedures and use of new "x-ray" equipment has largely, IMO, been a tempest in a teapot. And now at least one VERY experienced traveler also feels the reality isn't anywhere near as awful as the anticipation, especially if you're a talking head like John Boehner or Matt Drudge. Travel expert Arthur Frommer has blogged about his recent travel through Kennedy Airport in NYC, and he found getting through security to be somewhat of an anti-climax.
My TSA experience was totally without drama or tension. My passage through security was handled professionally by people dedicated to a never-ending battle with Al Qaeda, and these procedures seemed to be welcomed by citizens of a democracy who have determined never to let the terrorists interfere with our right to travel. We have all acquiesced in these trivial burdens out of a determination to keep our skies safe for air travel.
Matt Drudge will now need to find a new crusade.
Read Frommer's account here.
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