As a person who lives in a small town with a small town airport, my self-interest implores you to not talk about that sort of thing. I really like getting out of bed at 7:15 for an 8:00 flight - getting to the airport 15 mins before departure time and being at the gate right when boarding starts is fantastic.
At the same time, though there is very little evidence that that sort of security stuff does much to help. Adding the extra security doors to the cockpit helped a lot, but most of the other post 9/11 changes do not have a clear benefit security wise.
