Your Plane Has Been Requisitioned by the U.S. Military

Got a call recently from Northwest Airlines telling me my flight to Frankfurt had been re-routed through Amsterdam because the U.S. government had requisitioned for troop transport planes used on the Detroit-Frankfurt route. Having once flown to Greece in a jumpseat bolted to a pallet strapped to the deck of a C-130 cargo plane while facing another pallet stacked with jiggling whole blood products in clear plastic bags, I'm glad to hear our troops are flying in style.