David, I've got a question for you (and to anyone, for that matter, who cares to respond): Do you have a favorite airflight/airport-themed movie? Any film you particularly honor for the honesty or insight it sheds on this subject? Or conversely, one that makes you laugh at the real or imagined absurdities of this theme?
Off the top of my head, I guess my favorite would be Airplane!, in how it can make me laugh and even feel warmly towards an experience that in real life scares the bejeesus out of me.