Quote Originally Posted by sathorn2
"...OTOH, you increase your (selfish?) chances for continued life on this planet."

All life is, by design, selfish. But having said that, you're right: it does give the terrorists a victory of sorts if we all choose a non-US flag carrier. Fortunately for me, I'm not faced with that patriotic dilemma this year; I'm already booked on two trips to LOS on a US carrier.
Being alive and therefore selfish, I am advocating that all UK and US citizens, as a patriotic duty, be required to fly only on UK and US carriers, thus making the rest of us less likely to be targets of terrorists.