Seriously, its 2007, have these people never flown before?? Or read any news in the past 10 years? Or been through any sort of school system? All you need is some dumb a** people to make a bomb threat to an airport, a TS to move in on a busy airport or an ac going tech and you could easily face a diversion or a 5 hr delay....This is how aviation works! If they dont like the sound if it, take the car! Or maybe the train NY - LA that would be fun!