What's up with the airlines?

"American cancels 850 more flights" http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/09/american.airlines.ap/index.html

According to CNN, American Airlines cancelled 850 more flights today, which makes the running total 1,350 total flights canceled if added to the 500 put through the gauntlet Tuesday. The average plane holds about 200 people - so that's 270,000 flightless people. And with the way the rest of the airline industry is running it's becoming quite evident the near future impossibility of being able to fly anywhere. This rampant canceling of flights coupled with rocketing gas prices and customer complaints ("Airline Complaints Soared in 2007," http://s7y.us/1889) gives travelers less and less plausible ability to travel by plane.

But then what's left? The price of gas practically eliminates the option of driving. I can't drive through town without thinking about how I'm going to pay for it, and I've heard many a friend complain that they feel like they're working to pay for gas. Hardly makes traveling even a possibility. Trains are great but less accessible and practial than planes or automobiles. So...our options are to walk...or stay home.

Great.