Sometimes that frustration escalates into "air rage" incidents that still disturb the friendly skies post-September 11.

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In Flight, Denzel Washington plays Whip Whitaker, a decorated airline pilot who is a darling of the friendly skies.

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Amtrak trains go from city center to city center, and there's no airport-style security two features that make some business travellers willing to skip the friendly skies for the comfort of the rails.

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Although it was due to fly the friendly skies of Lakehurst, New Jersey in mid-June, Northrop Grumman's usually unmanned surveillance was only just caught floating over the Jersey Shore as part of a maiden flight on August 8th.

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