Jimworcs: I don't know who "uncle Tom Cobbly" is and I do not mention this entity in my posts, neither do I mention the phrase "boycotting at all costs" - last time I checked, travel costs much more money than staying home (depending on the currency conversion rates)
. Travel is a luxury to me - if I don't like a place, I don't go there again; if I don't like a flavor of ice cream, I don't eat it again. Simple enough for you? I spent over a year traveling and I had both positive and negative experiences during this time period. I am posting all at once because I returned to the US recently and while relating one of these stories to a friend, he made me aware of this website. You are aware that this is a complaints site about airlines aren't you? - hence the negative reports. Furthermore, if you don't live in a powerless hole in the ground, or have actually read the posts on this forum, you will see that I am far from the only individual who has had or has, problems with the companies/entities or immigration authorities named in my posts. In fact, my experiences are a Sunday walk in the park compared to many of the threads I have read on this website. If such issues were unusual these days, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED OR DEMAND FOR A FORUM OF THIS TYPE! In this case you are being too cynical, but I can't exactly fault you for this quality, as the utility of cynicism is reflected in virtually every post on this website (especially mine). Read my posts if you'd like, and formulate whatever opinions you choose - I wish everyone could travel the world in a perpetual state of uninhibited bliss, but, as this website is testament to the fact that this is usually not the case, awareness of what problems others have encountered while traveling increases the ability of tourists to avoid or counteract the same pitfalls.
Jetliner: Yes, the post about missing a flight due to the ludicrous TSA is mine and is accurate. It occurred on a flight from Nevada to Florida about two months ago. I am not the only person this has happened to, and quite frankly, your reasoning skills leave much to be desired - has it ever occurred to you that someone might have taken more than one flight and is reporting on them all at once? Gee, maybe? If you don't like my posts, don't read them, but you owe me an apology for the unsubstantiated 'bogus poster' comment regardless. Read my posts, believe them, or don't, I don't care either way - I won't be the one it costs. Cheers!