"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants us to return to the golden age of air travel, when nobody got into a punching match for reclining a seat into someone else's lap. He says this golden age starts with us, and he has a whole campaign prepared! I assume it will involve more humane accommodations for travelers-or less harrowing working conditions for the flight attendants charged with both crowd control and safety. Or modernizing air-traffic control to make it safer and more efficient."
"If somebody forced me to identify the problem with air travel today (this happened to lots of comics in the 1980s!), the dress code would be the last thing I would suggest. To recover the conviviality of a time when you had enough elbow room to eat a meal on board the plane, you need the elbow room. You do not need the elbow pads."
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy proposes returning to a golden age of air travel by encouraging passengers to dress 'with respect' rather than wear pajamas. The proposal frames etiquette and appearance as a remedy for deteriorated flying conditions. Passengers lack sufficient seat space and conviviality because airlines have crowded cabins, not because of casual attire. Meaningful improvements require more space, humane accommodations, better working conditions for flight attendants, and modernized air-traffic control. Superficial dress codes risk increasing frustration when cramped passengers follow a retro wardrobe without receiving substantive relief.
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