The "no fly list," like a lot of the crap sponsored by the TSA, is a joke. It's all a facade to make us feel secure. I won't feel secure until the government gets out of a business that it knows nothing about - security. David R home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html www.sequoians.com -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matthew Montano Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 14:56 To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: AirTransat diversion In this story: http://urlx.org/theglobeandmail.com/3d36 Who pays for AirTransat's extra fuel/crew time? Imagine if Canada enacted it's own (similarly poorly maintained) no- fly list and forced every flight from the US to Europe or Asia to circumvent our air-space when someone with a suspicious name (no confirmation of identity mind you.) Do you think there would be an outrage? Imagine American Airlines flying DFW-LHR having to avoid Canadian airspace? I don't even think there is the range in a 763 to do it. Matthew