Hotdog, I think you're missing the point. Stupidity maybe - but it's those 'stupids' whose 'bums on seats' are very necessary. I heard this morning on the radio that many Americans are talking of cancelling travel by air after yesterday's terrible disaster. How much more can this industry take?
Lets just suppose the CEO of some company who provides $1M per annum makes some comment (maybe to a colleague on the plane) that gets misinterpreted, and gets taken away. He's talking and says 'we'll be taking over in 20 minutes', referring to a company take over formalised when the stock market opens. (Not too far off - some guys were pulled off a plane the other day for saying something similar - it's in Pprune somewhere) How happy will the airline be when he chops that $1M with a company ruling that 'Airline X' are not to be used for company travel?
Talk of 'Heads you lose and tails you lose'..