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Please . . . don't give them any ideas."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/","slug":"business"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:825","displayName":"Megan McArdle","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/megan-mcardle/","biography":{"default":"Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"megan-mcardle"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/12/the-only-safe-flight-is-no-flight-at-all/2453/","title":"The only safe flight is no flight at all","seoTitle":"The only safe flight is no flight at all","dateModified":"2008-07-18T19:10:06Z","datePublished":"2007-12-31T17:15:55Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"The only safe flight is no flight at all","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/2453/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/12/the-only-safe-flight-is-no-flight-at-all/2453/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Alex Massie","latest bit","total security","lunacy","TSA"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"the-only-safe-flight-is-no-flight-at-all","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_bofa-kwlist","pos_customtopics","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_travel","gs_travel_type","gs_travel_air","gs_travel_type_air","gt_positive","gt_positive_love"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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