Airline - I finally got around to watching the five Tivoed episodes of Airline last night. It's an American remake of a successful British reality series that follows the employees of a low-cost carrier through the exciting world of travel. This version shadows my favorite Southwest Airlines, and with their quirks of open seating and workplace fun, airplane travel can become even more confounding to some passengers.

Watching the show can be painful. It's not quite as bad as the review in LA Weekly describes, but it's remarkable how idiotic everyday people can be. The show constantly reinforced how stupid and clueless people are, but especially when travelling. It's an intersting venue through which to demonstrate this fact: we've all been in airports and travelled with these people, and now we get the details. The show doesn't make me want to slam the airline, it makes me wish I could get a fractional share in a corporate jet so that I don't ever have to interact with fellow passengers.

The other passengers that are the root cause of nearly ever problem! From people who arrive late for their flights and expect it to be held to people who don't understand federally-imposed dollar amounts for the replacement of a bag to people who don't get that the lock on their bag was broken *intentionally* by the TSA, not by Southwest, it is astounding how worked up people get over little problems or drama that they manufacture themselves. How do people function in the world without understanding simple things like, all bomb threats are taken seriously?