We are way beyond the point where anyone in Amerika can pretend that they haven't been informed about the new "Dangers of Air Travel": the airplane and crew are perfectly safe, the terrorists are few and far between, but if you raise a voice of outrage to the crappy treatment you will receive at ORD,JFK,ATL, etc you are taking your life into your own hands. Not that it is usually fatal, but clearly that is one of the options. I have been both a cargo and SLF (Self-Loading Freight) pilot for 25 years, and now, we take our vacations by car or train. Our industry has become so unpleasant to its customers that I no longer fly unless it is utterly necessary.