'Nobody ever put hands on me before': flight attendants on the air rage epidemic
Although travelers’ hissy fits are nothing new, incidences of bad behavior have spiked amid the tense landscape of Covid-19
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Alexander Clark had only just boarded the Los Angeles-bound United airliner when the man seated behind him became incensed. As Clark tells it, a flight attendant had repeatedly asked the passenger to alternately stop talking on his phone or don a face mask when, after the fourth ask, the passenger snapped.
“I will find your name, date of birth, and address! I will know your social security number before I get off this plane!” yelled the passenger, who appeared to be in his 30s. He leapt to his feet mid-shout, spittle arcing from his maskless mouth, and stomped over to the male flight attendant.
Other passengers joined the melee; the angry passenger threatened to break somebody’s neck. And Clark caught it all on camera. Since being uploaded last week, it has garnered more than 6m views on the platform – marking yet another viral incidence of ‘air rage’ for the world to see.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/17/flight-attendants-air-rage-epidemic-coronavirus-covid
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