Title

An Entire Generation of Americans Has No Idea How Easy Air Travel Used to Be

Author(s)

Janet R. Bednarek, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

9-2-2021

Publication Source

The Conversation

Abstract

As someone who has studied the history of airports in the United States – and someone old enough to remember air travel before 9/11 – I find it striking, on the one hand, how reluctant the federal government, the airlines, and airports were to adopt early security measures.

On the other hand, it’s been jarring to watch how abruptly the sprawling Transportation Security Agency system was created – and how quickly American air travelers came to accept those security measures as both normal and seemingly permanent features of all U.S. airports.

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

The document available for download is the author's manuscript of the article that appeared on the Conversation website. It is provided in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving. Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

The Conversation US

Place of Publication

Boston, MA

eCommons Citation

Bednarek, Janet R., "An Entire Generation of Americans Has No Idea How Easy Air Travel Used to Be" (2021). History Faculty Publications. 152.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hst_fac_pub/152