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Air travel destroys good ozone, creates bad ozone. In the stratosphere-at altitudes where many military and supersonic jets fly-aircraft pollution destroys ozone. Air travelers in Europe today have many more cheap air travel options than only a decade ago. The partial deregulation of air travel in Europe in the 1990s allowed the rise of low-cost airlines, and flying even short distances in Europe is often cheaper than taking the train.

Airfares range from low to ridiculously high, depending on where and when you book your travel. Meanwhile, skyrocketing hotel room rates shout “sellers market,” and the cost of renting a car is accelerating across the country. Airfares, meanwhile, continue to hover around historic lows. The average ticket costs approximately what it did in the early 1980s, despite tremendous spikes in fuel costs.

Airlines are responsible for the care and carriage of mobility aids during a flight. If a passenger’s mobility aid becomes damaged during a flight or lost, an air carrier is obliged to provide a suitable temporary replacement immediately upon arrival at no cost. Airline personnel are receiving more first-aid training now than in the past. Although physicians aiding ill or injured passengers are usually protected from litigation by the Good Samaritan concept, they should avoid practicing beyond their training or expertise. Airlines are waiving fees to accept hand luggage that doesn’t make it past airport security.

Perhaps it is time us “simple” security guys got together and wrote some recommendations for air travel security? Get out your voice out there as an organized professional group which can in turn lobby for our professional recommendations. Personally after also flying to speak and do media for years when planes were packed with everyone for every possible purpose, I am no longer flying unless absolutely necessary. I haven’t flown anywhere in several years.