Regarding the carry-on vs. checked-baggage, the-wait-is-too-long-I've-got-things-to-do issue.
Let's look at what, to me, is the root cause of the problem: the root cause is not the airport delays due to security (although the security folks can themselves be annoying). The problem is that people tend to schedule their business trips with a minimal amount of time to spare for travel and _no_ time for disruptions to the schedule: "let's see, I fly into Atlanta at 9:00 AM, get a car, and am making the presentation by 11:30 PM, then I'm out of there and flying out of Atlanta by 2:00 PM to..." either the person travelling, or their employer, needs to adjust their travel expectations to match the reality of how travel is accomplished these days. If you build into your "world view" the necessary time, waiting for your luggage is "merely" some downtime. With EV-DO or Wi-Fi cards that time waiting for luggage can sometimes be spent "productively" (although I personally believe that just sitting and thinking can be productive, others don't always agree). Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
