# Would \*YOU\* fly this September 11th? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862 "2002-08-01T13:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/21 "2002-08-01T20:21:34Z")
I flew into and out of Logan two weeks after 9/11. If I didn’t have a problem with that, I certainly wouldn’t with the OP. ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/22 "2002-08-01T20:30:29Z")
I would fly on 9/11… if only I had somewhere to go… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/23 "2002-08-01T20:42:43Z")
It’s on a Wednesday, so I’ll probably be headed to another glamorous business destination, either Detroit or Cleveland. The only trouble I have flying on any date is the thunderstorms that are out to get me (evil weather gods I must have pissed off in a prior life) - scotch and valium always keep them at bay. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/24 "2002-08-01T22:24:21Z")
> [@](#): > > If you start changing your plans and routines the terrorists have won. Sadly, they allready have. The point of terrorism is not to kill people. It’s to cause disruption in suciety by striking fear in the hearts of the public. Considering what happened to world economics and how our lifes have changed in these (almost)11 months, they won the first battle. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/25 "2002-08-01T22:27:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*As for the date itself, well, was there ANYTHING special about September 11th before last year? Was there anthing significant about that date to the terrorists then? No. They picked a day that worked for them, without regard to symbolic value. If and when they strike again, they’ll strike at random, not on 9/11. \*\* I always thought it was because of the standard number for the police. 911 = 9/11? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/26 "2002-08-01T22:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*It would probably be dirt cheap since a lot of the planes will be empty. \*\* I was wondering about that. Will the airlines offer discounts to people willing to fly on 9/11, or will they use their usual twisted and impenetrable ticket pricing policy and charge you quadruple fare to make up for the empty seats? Probably the latter. I’d fly, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/27 "2002-08-01T23:03:36Z")
I was planning on flying out to visit some out-of-state friends in mid-Sep, flying out evening of the 11th, and was nearly at the stage of booking tickets before we figured out schedules just didn’t mesh. The date didn’t even register to me until this thread. I look at it this way: if some twisted idiot _really_ wants to kill me, either specifically or simply because of my demographics, he’s pretty much going to succeed. So, hell with him; I’m not particularly worried about it. ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/28 "2002-08-02T00:28:34Z")
Just as I joyously ate suddenly cheap steak in the midst of the BSE scare, I now wonder if I should book that week off work… milo ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/29 "2002-08-02T01:32:36Z")
I think I’m going to be the lone dissenter here. Maybe NEXT year, like in 2003. But I guess I’m just a big chicken. BAK!!! ---
**Author:** ![Winsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Winsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winsling)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/30 "2002-08-02T02:05:02Z")
I’ve got no fear of flying, no matter what the date. I figure the last good day to hijack a plane was 9/10, anything since then and the hijackers are lucky to make it off the plane alive. Hal ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/31 "2002-08-02T02:36:34Z")
My boyfriend and I were discussing this last night. I would fly on 9/11, no problem, and I even said that it might be a good day to fly, price wise. There won’t be as many flights, but I bet the airlines that are offering them will probably want to fill as many seats as possible, which could lead to reduced fares. My bofriend flew here on 10/11 last year, and going to the airport to pick him up was strange. It was a ghost town. I’ve flown twice since then, in November(Thanksgiving, and it was super crowded), and this past June(seemed like normal air traffic to me), and he flew here in January, for the birth of our son, and other than the armed guards at the airports, things seem to be back to normal. I guess I can understand the hesitation, and if I were to hesitate, it might be just as my own way of paying respect to those who did lose their lives last year, but if I had somewhere to go, it wouldn’t stop me, but I might be a bit melancholy during the flight. ~V ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/32 "2002-08-02T03:04:35Z")
I’m flying to Asia September 12. If I could have gotten a cheaper flight by leaving on the 11th I’d have done it but there was no 9/11 discount that I could see so pthhttt to that. I’m not flying via the US though. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/33 "2002-08-02T03:41:44Z")
Think about it people! The terrorists have done the plane thing already! It is HIGHLY unlikely that they will try it again. They’re terrorists, not stupid. They will probably go for something that we haven’t though of and therefore aren’t guarding as securely (NOT an airplane) on a date when we are not expecting it (NOT September 11). Therefore, it should be perfectly safe unless copy-cats get involved. And for the record, I would fly if I could. However, I can’t because I will be in school at the time. ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/34 "2002-08-02T03:54:49Z")
> [@](#): > > As for the date itself, well, was there ANYTHING special about September 11th before last year? Was there anthing significant about that date to the terrorists then? No. Hmmm… > [@](#): > > September 11, 1950-something was the ground-breaking day for the pentagon. **Hmmmmm…It makes me wonder??** > [@](#): > > Wasn’t 9/11 the anniversary of the Camp David Peace Accord or something? _ **It really makes me wonder…** _ > [@](#): > > I always thought it was because of the standard number for the police. 911 = 9/11? Okay, so what is it really? What’s the Straight Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/35 "2002-08-02T04:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Would _YOU_ fly this September 11th? Yes! ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/36 "2002-08-02T04:15:48Z")
No, I wouldn’t. Nor would I fly any other day, unless I absolutely _had_ to. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/37 "2002-08-02T04:53:17Z")
Buy me a ticket and watch. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/38 "2002-08-02T04:57:51Z")
I forgot, I can fly free. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/39 "2002-08-02T10:28:39Z")
There real question to my mind is… would I fly the _airlines_ on September 11? And the answer is… not unless my company sent me somewhere. I don’t fly the airlines any day unless I’m forced to. Because I hate airlines. It’s like Greyhound in the sky. Combines the worst features of mass transit and a locked psych ward. (No offense to anyone who actually is flying the airlines… hey, you know how crappy it can be). ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862/40 "2002-08-02T15:53:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anubis \* > \*\* > > September 11, 1950-something was the ground-breaking day for the pentagon. \*\* September 11, 1941. As for the original post, flying on 9/11 would not bother me more than flying on any other day. Are people also afraid to go to work in office buildings that day? All I know is you won’t catch me on a battleship on December 7th… :rolleyes: –jack [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fly-this-september-11th/121862.md?page=3)