Class 'Inequity' Fuels Air Rage (www.avweb.com)
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz on 29 Sep 10:02
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acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 29 Sep 11:15 next collapse

Regulators have been relying on a punitive approach to stem the tide […] The National Post quoted sources saying the rate of in-flight nastiness is roughly double what it was in 2019 and […] seems to be increasing […]. Transport Canada […] is considering adding a fine structure for passengers who abuse security agents.

“Our punitive approach isn’t working, so we’ll add another punitive measure,” says regulating agency failing to regulate market to lesser consumer exploitation.

scytale@lemm.ee on 29 Sep 14:52 collapse

I was honestly expecting them to go the route of just hiding the inequality by finding a way to get economy passengers on the plane without going through first/business class.

ericjmorey@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 15:31 next collapse

The study shows that this strategy is only half effective.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 29 Sep 16:25 collapse

So twice as effective as what they’re trying.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 29 Sep 16:24 next collapse

It used to be like that. There was even a curtain so the plebs couldn’t see what was on the upper classes.

BobDole@hexbear.net on 29 Sep 17:20 collapse

What’s the point in buying a business class ticket if the poors aren’t forced to walk passed my luxurious chair/bed on their way to the most uncomfortable twelve hours of their life?

Illogicalbit@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 13:34 next collapse

Who knew normalizing being nasty in public would have this kind of effect? /s

Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win on 29 Sep 13:57 next collapse

“We advance an alternative view: the modern airplane reflects a social microcosm of class-based society, making inequality salient to passengers through both the physical design of the plane (the presence of a first class cabin) and, more subtly, the boarding procedure (whether economy passengers must pass through the first class cabin),”

So dysfunction on planes is a possible indicator people are ready to get violent in society as a whole due to its inequalities being made more obvious onboard. Really starting to think I’m going to see a NA revolution in my lifetime but I’ll be too old to ‘enjoy’ it.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 29 Sep 15:10 collapse

I am all about class but here this is more of a function of very low quality of the service is the root factor.... IMHO

Flying esp in the US is a clown exercise... Sexual harrasst on the way in, long lines, delayed flights is 50% chance. Infrastructure is trash.

We bail out airlines regularly. We give them state aid often... Yet quality is shit...

Boomers have no decorum is the cherry on the shit pie

ericjmorey@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 15:29 collapse

I don’t think their research is in conflict with your perception here.

“The study found that just having a first-class section on an airplane quadrupled the chance of an air rage incident and that loading economy passengers through first class doubles that again.”

The whole experience is shit and having a first class section makes it even worse psychologically.