TD, I'm not trying to pick on you with this - I'm really not. But I noticed in another thread that you warned against making an offensive post regarding someone with HIV. That's a valid point. On the same note, I'd go easy on the "redtarded" comments. Short story long... in high school, "your momma" comebacks were common for me until I got to college when I made a similar comment to one of my dormmates. Little did I know, his mom had died from cancer. I realized that we were getting older and the possibility of someone's mother being dead was much greater. You'll find that if/when you get to an airline, not everyone is going to be your age without a wife or kids. There will be people of all ages. That means there's a good chance that several of the people you meet will have Special Needs children. How would you feel if you said something like, "I think that TSA rule is retarded?" The Captain leans over and says, "My 4-year-old has Down's Syndrome." I'm sure you'd feel like an a$$.

Just a thought.