How Bad It Has Gotten
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy released a video on X asking Americans to have civility while flying. The message comes as federal data shows a sharp rise in disruptive and violent behavior on commercial flights. Airline incident reports describe a 400 percent increase in outbursts since 2019, and surveys show that one in five flight attendants have experienced physical incidents on duty.
Flight crews and carriers have continued to report confrontations over seating, alcohol service and crew instructions. Federal officials say the rise in these incidents has added safety risks for passengers and crews.
Progressives should be so proud. We have now reached the point where the Secretary of Transportation has to film a reminder that grown adults should not act like total animals when they get on an airplane. This is not satire. This is the country now.
“Could You Please Refraid From Trying To Kill Each Other, Thanks”
Air travel has gotten so hostile that the government is begging people not to fight each other at 37,000 feet. I guess the age of trophy culture and timeout chairs has finally reached the age where its graduates can fly alone. They are flying right next to the crowd that believes “I can do what I want, ain’t no one gonna tell me,” which is a fantastic combination for anyone who just wants to make it to Albuquerque without witnessing a brawl.
There is nothing better than paying six hundred dollars for a packed flight with no food service only to watch two adults act like rival zoo exhibits because someone asked them not to rest their feet on another passenger. I am out of words, and that is rare.
Less Fun Than A Protology Exam?
Air travel is not fun anymore. It used to feel like part of the adventure. Now it feels like the obstacle you have to survive in order to reach the adventure. That part is on the airlines. But what is happening on planes is not on them and it is not on the crew. Most flight attendants are polite, professional and trying to get home in one piece like everyone else.
Everyone Gets A Trophy And An Ice Pack
This mess falls squarely on society turning itself into a cesspool. We have people throwing coffee at fast food workers because a receipt was off by twenty two cents. We have Karens lecturing waitresses because the ice water was too cold. We have lost the plot on basic civility.
What is even worse is that there are people who defend this behavior. “You do not know what they have been through,” they cry as a grown adult punches a flight attendant for asking them not to lie down in the aisle. Newsflash: we have all been through something. It is not an excuse to act like a four year old being put to bed because you did not get the seat upgrade you did not pay for.
I Picked The Wrong Day
Is air travel fun anymore? No. Not even a little, and I have already said that. But that does not give anyone the right to behave like a giant angry hemorrhoid ready to attack the very people whose job is to keep you alive? This is what happens when YOUR parents have to raise YOUR kids. Oh, and yes, I did love the fact that I got to use multiple GIF’s from the movie Airplane, and I will never apologize for that.
by Sack Head Shaun
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Shaun, I don’t know what’s more hilarious . Your article or the Airplane GIF’s. Respect. One of the best movies ever.
It’s so awful that Sec. Duffy has to
put out a video asking people to behave on airplanes, but this is where we are as a society. When arrest,fines and banishment don’t deter people from slugging it out over the most insanely stupid reasons…We have a problem.
The decay of common sense,manners and the loss of civility has turned our friendly skies into a World Star Lord Of The Flies.
I don’t know if you are aware ,but over in Europe they are prototyping an airline seat to where you’re in almost in a standing position to be able to add more seats to planes. It’s nuts.
Bless those airline crews. I couldn’t do that job. Someone takes a swipe at me,sorry it’s on. HA! Thank you for this really entertaining article. You are doing a great job on The Loftus Party website.
Thank you Lynne, I appreciate it. I was fortunate that this was in my wheel house, that being the movie Airplane. I agree that we have a societal issue that stems, in my opinion, form a lack of self respect that as masked as “Not caring”. I have also seen the semi-standing seats, and whoa boy, on the list of bad ideas that falls between “Lets put all of our money in Enron” and Obamacare. I don’t envy, for a moment, the airline crews at all. I see it enough to feel bad for them. Thank you for the support and the kind words.
Shaun
Sorry on this one, but it’s a mild rant. I no longer fly commercial ailines. I choose to drive. Removal of the elements of joy along every axis of the air travel experience has incrementally polluted the paradigm since the 1980s. Those who travel by commercial airline today are treated as little more than cattle, and the person in the row with you is likely to prop their skanky bare feet on the seat-back, or maybe exude a variety of noxious, possibly toxic, body odors. Or perhaps someone else will do something even worse and you’ll be glad the in-flight entertainmernt is several rows away. First class can bypass some of the annoyances on the plane, but it’s hardly worth it as the non-embarked annoyances remain. As one who knows what it’s like to eat free meals on American Airlines from china plates with logo-embossed stainless steel silverware, I wish today’s air travelers the best in view of the gentleman’s message, and in spite of the fact I believe anything good or attractive about air travel is all over and done with.
I drive as much as possible. To shows etc. Driving is WAAAAY better. Sometimes though, ya gotta fly. It’s a drag. Big time.