[spanktheuser]

I think its fair to say I misread the thrust of your argument. I still come down on the other side; I am comfortable enforcing a widespread deprivation of a convenience in order to further reduce the risk of a rare but catastrophic outcome.

[mh-]

Realize that if you make commercial air travel sufficiently (further) unpleasant, many of those people will choose to drive to their destinations instead.

This will cause a net increase in deaths because, mile-for-mile, driving is orders of magnitude more deadly than flying commercial.