Rasmussen Reports
Airline Industry
Survey of 1,000 Adults
April 7-8 & 11-12, 2008

1* Are current airport security procedures in the United States too strict, not strict enough or about right?

16% Too strict

33% Not strict enough

42% About right

8% Not sure

2* Generally speaking, are most flight delays the fault of the airline, the airports or bad weather?

31% Airline

17% Airport

33% Bad weather

8% Some other reason

11% Not sure

3* Does the airline industry need more government regulation, less regulation, or is the regulation about right?

33% More

21% Less

34% About Right

12% Not sure

4* Do major airports need to build more runway capacity to reduce flight delays?

45% Yes

29% No

25% Not sure

5* How closely have you followed recent news stories about flights being grounded by the FAA?

30% Very closely

40% Somewhat closely

20% Not very closely

9% Not at all

1% Not sure

6* Will flight cancellations get better, worse or stay about the same in the next three months?

23% Better

29% Worse

34% Stay about the same

15% Not sure

7* Who is more to blame for the current problems with flight cancellations--the airlines or the FAA?

44% Airlines

29% FAA

27% Not sure

8* How concerned are you about the safety of air travel these days?

28% Very concerned

33% Somewhat concerned

29% Not very concerned

8% Not at all concerned

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence