THE POLITICS OF JETBLUE: “Right on cue, politicians are making a fuss about a “passenger bill of rights” and demanding Congressional intervention after last week’s JetBlue airline debacle. The irony is that the marketplace is already moving to address the problem, and the government could really help by relaxing some of the rules that incentivize airlines to discomfit passengers in the first place.”

Of course, what some see as bad service, others see as a vital national security asset.