One Global Airline---At Your Service!

Nobody Flashes Anymore: Ever since 9/11, the airline industry has really taken a dive. (Sorry, couldn't help myself) All our great American airlines have lost so much money, that if you even dare ASK for a bag of peanuts, you will quickly be thrown of the plane.

Yes, after 9/11, thousands of stewardesses lost their jobs. Some who had been flying since WWII, suddenly found themselves having to do normal things---like getting the oil changes on their cars, taking the kids to school, sadly sitting at home and watching their ovens clean...hoping someday, to be called back to the glamorous job of trying to get the couple in the back row to hide under a bigger blanket, and not moan.

Times got so bad that the airlines had to cut out serving meals, pillows, playing cards, and that nice bed in the back where the co-pilot used to go with...

Wait, that's a movie.

But nothing had damaged the airline industry more than the rising cost of gas. So...in order to survive, Northwest Airlines merged with Delta. That turned out to be such a success that Continental, U.S. Airways, and American are talking about merging.

This talk came on the same weekend that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave his talk at Harvard, where he said that the United States must accept "new global rules" "new global institutions" and "global networks" and "new global airlines."

Wait---he didn't say "new global airlines" but that seems to be the end goal here...one airline to serve all the "globe" run by one "global government."

So, what are they going to do with all those planes that just can't pass the "new" global plane emissions test?

As we see from the picture, one can only guess.

"Houston...Houston...Anybody?"