"On any given day, more than 87,000 flights are in the skies in the United States. Only 35 percent, or just over 30,000 of those flights are commercial carriers, like American, United or Southwest. On an average day, air traffic controllers handle 28,537 commercial flights (major and regional airlines), 27,178 general aviation flights (private planes), 24,548 air taxi flights (planes for hire), 5,260 military flights and 2,148 air cargo flights (Federal Express, UPS, etc.). At any given moment, roughly 5,000 planes are in the skies above the United States. In one year, controllers handle an average of 64 million takeoffs and landings.

For every one flight you see listed on an airport monitor, two you don't see show up on air traffic controllers' screens. It would take approximately 7,300 airport terminal monitors to show all the flights controllers handle in a single day and approximately 460 monitors to show the number of flights being handled at any one time."
How many commercial airline flights are there per day in the United...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Six Muslim men removed from a plane last fall after being accused of suspicious behavior are suing the airline and threatening to sue the passengers who complained -- a move some fear could discourage travelers from speaking up when they see something unusual.
The civil rights lawsuit, filed earlier this month, has so alarmed some lawyers that they are offering to defend the unnamed ''John Doe'' passengers listed as ''possible defendants'' for free. They say it is vital that the flying public be able to report suspicious behavior without fear of being dragged into court.
6 Muslim men taken off flight sue airline :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation

But we knew!!! So how could we stop it with all the damn bleeding hearts in the way? Well, I'll let ya all hash out the details.......I'm sure the U.S. was wrong in some way or another.

Have a good one!:s4: