would you be nervous flying on July 4th

[scottmel]

My trip has been planned for a year to DL and I never thought twice of flying out July 4th but my mom has me worried now with the terrorism. I can change to the 3rd...would you do it or fly the 4th without a second thought> Cross Country Flight....

 

[pryncess527]

No, I would fly on July 4th without a second thought.

 

[Saimaeve]

No...I wouldn't be worried at all. But I'm also not a paranoid traveler.

 

[gwynne]

No. It wouldn't occur to me to think that it would a problem.

 

[lorimay]

I understand your slight worry.
We are flying for the second time on Sept. 11th this year, the first time we did a few years ago I did worry bit. This time I am hoping to be somewhat calmer. But I am a nervous flyer to begin with. We are also going cross country.

Good Luck, you will be fine..

 

[scottmel]

I can still change without penalty just incur an extr night hotel....Southwest calling me in 8 minutes so any other thoughts???

 

[Allison]

No, not at all.

 

[Saimaeve]

I wouldn't. It seems odd to worry about it.

 

[IndyRnRfan]

I am always nervous when I fly. Too many people have to do their job 100% of the time correctly. With that said, it is still very safe to fly. As long as our current administration and future ones leave all the post 9/11 safety checks alone, I highly doubt there will be any thing like 9/11 again.

 

[Aladora]

I can still change without penalty just incur an extr night hotel....Southwest calling me in 8 minutes so any other thoughts???

I read this and asked myself "what's special about July 4th that you wouldn't want to fly?"

In my defense, I'm Canadian.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Why would you even think about it? I don't understand the worry.

 

[Saimaeve]

I read this and asked myself "what's special about July 4th that you wouldn't want to fly?"

In my defense, I'm Canadian.

As an American it took me a minute to realize it too. Not because I forgot, but because my first thought was "Are they afraid they'll run into fireworks? Cause they won't" Even after the terrorism bit I didn't see the worry.

 

[scottmel]

I googled it and of course last year ABC had an article that due to increase terrorism chatter on the 4th they were beefing up security etc. So made me little more paranoid after my mom mentioned it...I don't thik I would have thought about it personally but once she said that I got scared..

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I totally get why you're concerned. It would be a feather in the cap of some to take down a plane here on July 4th.

Why not change if you have the ability and it would make you feel better?

That said, I think it will likely be fine to fly on the 4th.

 

[DopeyDame]

Nope - I wouldn't hesitate. But I also flew out of Reagan National Airport in DC in November 2001. MAN was that weird... the airport was virtually empty.

 

[KennesawNemo]

I just bought my parents tickets to visit us in the US from abroad. I did avoid July 4th and bought the week following. However, my concern was mainly heavy crowd and higher price around/on July 4th.

 

[LBIJim]

I wouldn't give it a second thought. But since you can change without penalty, do whatever makes you feel most secure.

 

[Luvchefmic]

It's been said before but if you give in to the fear of terrorism then they win. Live your life and don't be concerned.

 

[ashley0139]

No.

 

[LBIJim]

Nope - I wouldn't hesitate. But I also flew out of Reagan National Airport in DC in November 2001. MAN was that weird... the airport was virtually empty.

We flew to Orlando in October 2001.....flight had maybe two dozen people on it, and I've never seen WDW so uncrowded. Very low last minute rates at the Contemporary Hotel too, relatively speaking.