[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

I shall assume enough time has passed that people have forgotten about that disaster. As I understand it, the FAA rule about not carrying baggage when the matching passenger is not onboard was created because of that tragedy. Strict observation of this rule would accomplish two things: (1) As someone has already suggested, it would eliminate an effort, by a terrorist, to blow-up an airliner by intentionally causing a disturbance, while the aircraft is at the gate, so he can get kicked-off, then have his bomb-laden baggage stay on the plane. (2) Flight attendants, on a power trip, might not be so quick to play-out their personal problems if they knew the flight would need to be delayed, so the baggage, of a passenger who hurt the flight attendant's feelings, could be removed.