Plus, Somebody mentioned that the Airline industry has seen its "heydey." I'm not so sure about that. Right now it IS looking that way but it is impossible to predict the future.

Right now the baby boomer generation is getting older. I'd say in another 5-10 years they are going to start retiring, and one of the things that retired people have stereotypically been known to do is travel alot.

Also, the nation is freaking out about gas prices, which has a lot of future entrepreneurs tweaking around with cars in their home garages trying to find the best alternatives.

If all of a sudden one of these alternatives is worthwhile, and all of the major car manufacturers start adopting it... The demand for gasoline, as well as the prices will drop way down. If this happened, right as the baby boomers are retiring and setting out on their quest to see the world, I think the world of Aviation would be at an all time high.

(Yes, I'm being ETREMELY optomistic but just want to put out that it is impossible to know for sure what the future holds)