Flights by U.S. airlines hit 10-year low - no mention of TSA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines in 2011 operated the fewest number of flights since the hijack attacks on New York and Washington depressed air travel and accelerated the industry's worst-ever financial downturn, government figures on Tuesday showed.

The Transportation Department said major airlines, their chief low-cost competitors and the biggest regional carriers, recorded 6.08 million departures last year. Takeoffs were not that low since 2002, when they totaled 5.27 million. ca.news.yahoo.com
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The above article dances around the 500 pound gorilla in the room. Not one mention of how the TSA molesting air passengers might have something to do with a downturn in business.