anxiety, who don t like to fly. giving somebody a cold stare in tsa isn t necessarily a reason to get tracked. bill: we re no different to the cop on the corner placed this because there is an increased possibility that something might happen. when you re in a tube at 30,000 feet it makes sense to put someone there. end quote. as a frequent flier i can t believe i m about to defend the tsa but this is the debate we ve been having for 17 years about privacy versus security since 9/11. if we look, the tsa s mission is to prevent an attack by using an airline or at an airport. think about what happened and you know this well from your business background, after 9/11 and the stock market. we saw several airlines that went bankrupt following those attacks. it is not only the safety and security of the airways, it is that we have to have confidence in the security of our air travel around the country. very important to business as