Worry of flying: Religion Salie on Secretary Duffy and the pajama resistance

The vacation journey season is upon us. However earlier than you head to the airport, contemplate these ideas from our Religion Salie:

Hey, I simply have one little factor so that you can add to your vacation to-do checklist: costume up in your subsequent flight.

Yep, “dressing with respect” for air journey is on the want checklist of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. He understands dressing up, as a result of he’s worn so many hats: star of the truth present “The Real World,” a Congressman, a Fox Enterprise co-host, and a champion lumberjack.

So, he is aware of a factor or two about … transportation.

Anyway, Secretary Duffy just lately introduced, “We want to push people, as we come into a really busy travel season: … dress up, bring civility back to travel.” Particularly, he’s requesting we don’t put on pajamas to fly.

Properly, my fellow frequent flyers and I’ve a particular request of our personal: please reverse final month’s Division of Transportation determination that airways now not should reimburse air vacationers for main delays. See, if we’re going to should be stranded for 12 hours due to a cancelled flight AND our airline shouldn’t be going to offer us a resort room, or perhaps a meal, we’d need to be further comfortable in our PJs.

Individuals don’t need style police; they need flights that take off and land on time, safely. And perhaps a free checked bag.

Secretary Duffy notes that there’s been a 400% improve of in-flight kerfuffles since 2019. I get that he needs us to exhibit respect, however I additionally need to supply ALL my respect to this dude for his toe dexterity.

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Let me land this aircraft: I simply don’t purchase that dressing higher means behaving higher.

I’ll make a take care of you, Secretary Duffy: If you may get the person who makes use of the restroom earlier than me to place the seat down and the child behind me to cease kicking my seat, I’ll put on my marriage ceremony robe the subsequent time I fly. And I’ll deliver a boutonnière in your tux!

PS: I bear in mind the Golden Age of Journey. It smelled like smoke.