I'm just catching up on the thread. As an Am*rican I can tell you that we have absolutely dogshit air travel logistics now. I know a few foreigners and a guy who lived in Japan for years but comes back home to the US once in a while, and they all notice it's gotten much worse in just the past 2 years. Right now shit still works for the most part, but our average IQ is dropping and we can't maintain complex systems at an advanced level for that much longer. As much disdain as I have for boomers, they and Gen. X are the last generations with the expertise to widely and reliably maintain these systems. As boomers retire, their experience and know-how goes with them.