Not only that, but there is a wide latitude of what could be considered "political" that is still relevant to airlines and the L&G@D. Budgets, monetary policy, security, FAA reauthorization, FTDT rules, cabotage, the EU's unilateral carbon tax, the politics of Boeing and the Import/Export Bank and many others all play a role. Anything to do with military actions also plays a role WRT CRAF, guys on mil leave leaving or returning, and the general budget, spending, etc which effects the whole ball of wax anyway.

OTOH long threads either way about abortion or eroding civil liberties or civil unions or abuses of Imminent Domain or many other topics would more clearly be considered thread drift (or even forum drift). But there is still a lot of "politics" that directly effects us all and its kind of hard to sanitize that no matter how well intentioned.

Underboob.