Yet another airline crawls on all fours and apologizes because it inconvenienced Muslim passengers who showed up late for a flight:

We can't get Alitalia to reimburse us when their two hours worth of incompetence causes us to miss our connection in London, but Northwest rewards a group of tardy passengers with chocolate kisses and mosque donations (or something like that...)

Just once, we wish that an airline would respond to a CAIR boycott threat by issuing a statement indicating that there are worse things than becoming the only hijack-proof airline on the planet.

And here's your promised conspiracy theory bait: ever since those imams got themselves intentionally kicked off a USAir flight by acting like terrorists, there has been speculation about why CAIR is choosing battles with airlines when the Muslims they're defending are clearly in the wrong. More than one person has suggested that directing the most absurd cries of Islamophobia at airlines - accusations that are then dutifully picked up and parroted by Democratic leaders - is part of a strategy to inhibit air security from doing anything that will be twisted into an accusation of discrimination. Like perhaps running extra searches a group of Muslim males who paid for their tickets in cash and showed up in white cotton robes but no luggage - after all, they could be just another group of really religious Muslims coming in from a pilgrimage, and you wouldn't want to insult their sensibilities.

Not that any hijackers are that stupid (which is, incidentally, why our national airline security is worse than useless) - but that's an argument for increased rather than decreased scrutiny.

Previously: CAIR Protest In So Cal, We're Considering the Possibility that Walt and Mearsheimer Might Not Be Faking Their Ignorance, Uh Oh - Looks Like Someone Didn't Get the "Koran Bans Forced Conversions" Memo