more on A don't fly day???

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From: Zach White <[email protected]>
Date: November 14, 2006 1:48:35 PM EST
To: David Farber <[email protected]>
Cc: Frode Hegland <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [IP] A don't fly day???

Dave,

For IP, if you wish.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 01:13:34PM -0500, Frode Hegland wrote:
> Dave, why don't you organize a 'No Fly Day'. Show the airlines at
> least, what happens when the citizenry unites against nonsense.
>
> Pick a day, any day. Any takers?

While this idea seems nice in theory, in practice, it will be completely
ineffective.

So we pick a day not to fly. What are people who were planning to go  
home
that day going to do? They're going to go home the day before, or the  
day
after.

Same deal with people who were planning to travel that day.

The net result here, assuming you can get a significant number of people
who would have otherwise flown that day to not fly, is a busy day at the
airports, followed by an abnormally quiet day, followed by another busy
day.

It's the same sort of logic that was debunked in this snopes article:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

-Zach