A good book to read about air travel, airports and planes is Ask The Pilot. Written by a former pilot who now writes for Salon magazine, it's packed with nostalgic looks back and air travel history, answers to many questions that you probably have wondered about but never asked, and a brutally honest view of today's travel security hysteria.
Here's a excerpt:
"Neither all the determination in the world, nor the most sweeping regulations we dare codify, will outsmart a cunning enough saboteur. Preferring a path of lesser resistance, terrorists will fight along a moveable and eternally porous front. Even our leaders admit this, yet over and over, even as we languish in security lines to have our luggage and dignity eviscerated, we give in to the notion that just about anything, no matter how illogical, inconvenient or unreasonable, is justified in the name of safety." (Full article)
This was written in 2004, but is very relevant in light of recent events.
You can see more about the book and the author here, or on Amazon.
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