2004
DECEMBER
December 27, 2004
Airline Woes
Terence Smith discusses the Christmas weekend airline problems with Darryl Jenkins, former director of the Aviation Institute at George Washington University and now a visiting professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., and, Tom Leritz, a transportation analyst with Argent Capital in St. Louis.

SEPTEMBER
September 13, 2004
Turbulent Times
U.S. Airways Sunday filed for bankruptcy for the second time in two years. Delta Airlines announced plans last week to eliminate 10 percent of its workforce, and United Airlines is still struggling to recover from two years of bankruptcy proceedings. Margaret Warner discusses the impact of increased competition and the rising costs of security, fuel and labor on America's largest airlines with Darryl Jenkins, a visiting professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Philip Baggaley, an airline industry analyst at Standard and Poor's.

AUGUST
August 19, 2004
Clearing the Air
The Federal Aviation Administration announced an agreement Wednesday to clear the air over Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Major U.S. airlines agreed to reduce the number of flights they route through O'Hare in order to alleviate congestion and the resulting nationwide delays. Elizabeth Brackett looks at how these changes will affect the airline business and the flying public.

JUNE
June 10, 2004
United's Struggle
After years of labor struggles, United Airlines says it is on track to avoid bankruptcy this summer. Elizabeth Brackett looks at United's turbulent flight back to friendly skies.

June 1, 2004
The Future of Oil
A recent rise in gas prices has refueled debate over the long-term use of oil as an affordable energy source. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from Paul Roberts, author of a new book titled "The End of Oil," and Daniel Yergin, author of "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power."

MAY
May 31, 2004
On the Move
The Memorial Day weekend launched the summer travel season for millions of Americans. Ray Suarez talks to Darryl Jenkins, visiting professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Betsy O'Rourke, vice president of marketing at the Travel Industry Association of America, about the outlook for the travel industry.

APRIL
April 2, 2004
Rocky Road
Both houses of Congress passed different versions of a transportation bill, both of which President Bush says are paved with pork-barrel projects that make them too expensive for him to sign. Kwame Holman explains the election-year politics behind the fight to fund the refurbishment of America's transportation infrastructure.

JANUARY
January 22, 2004
Security vs. Privacy
Top airline industry executives met in Washington to develop an industry-wide standard for sharing confidential passenger information with federal antiterrorism officials. Margaret Warner gets perspective on this issue from Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary of border and transportation security at the Department of Homeland Security, and David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center.