Straighten Up And Fly Right
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says, 'The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You,' as the horrifying passenger antics continue
This Week In Blunders Nov. 16-22
“I have had it with these … snakes on this … plane!” - Samuel Jackson
An unruly passenger complaining about life in a “fascist state” diverted an American Airlines flight carrying four members of Congress earlier this month.
On board were Reps. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., Eli Crane, R-Ariz., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. Without their own jets, they’re likely well-aware of the sorry state of air travel these days without a reminder from some ranting passenger.
When you fly you are indeed submitting to a fascist state. Before each boarding, you are treated as a criminal suspect with advanced scanning technology, facial recognition software, gun-powder detection systems, luggage searches and of course a phalanx of body-frisking TSA officers.
They say it’s for our protection, but it’s mostly security theater. And since Sept. 11, 2001, these intrusions have not made the flying public more polite.
Since 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration has logged a 400% increase in passenger outbursts. Since 2021, there’ve been nearly 14,000 disruptive in-flight incidents, and one in five flight attendants have endured physical attacks.
It’s gotten so bad that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy launched a “civility campaign” this week called “The Golden Age of Air Travel Starts with You.”
