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Wear a face mask at the airport & on the plane. Or else!

Most every airline now requires passengers to wear face coverings in airports and on airplanes. But now the failure to do so may result in denied boarding or a ban on future travel. On Monday, the airline trade group Airlines for America (A4A) announced that for the duration of the COVID-19 health crisis its member […]

Will this emotional support chicken fly?

Would you fly with this emotional support chicken?

Stop harassing the flight attendants

A recent survey found flight attendants experience a high rate of verbal and physical sexual harrassment. No surprise, right? What's being done about? Not enough.

Blame the peacock: United Airlines’ new rules for emotional support animals.

Last week Delta Air Line announced updates to it policies on flying with service animals or emotional support animals. This week United Airlines has shared its update polices. Check them out and let us know what you think.

Horizon Air president apologizes to mistreated passenger

Over the weekend, a Bend, Ore., man took to Facebook to describe the incivility he alleged was inflicted on a fellow passenger on an Horizon Air flight out of Oregon’s Redmond Municipal Airport. Cameron Clark witnessed what he described on Facebook as “the worst of humanity” when airline staff on duty appeared to ignore and refuse […]

Wear a face mask at the airport & on the plane. Or else!

Most every airline now requires passengers to wear face coverings in airports and on airplanes. But now the failure to do so may result in denied boarding or a ban on future travel. On Monday, the airline trade group Airlines for America (A4A) announced that for the duration of the COVID-19 health crisis its member […]

Will this emotional support chicken fly?

Would you fly with this emotional support chicken?

Stop harassing the flight attendants

A recent survey found flight attendants experience a high rate of verbal and physical sexual harrassment. No surprise, right? What's being done about? Not enough.

Blame the peacock: United Airlines’ new rules for emotional support animals.

Last week Delta Air Line announced updates to it policies on flying with service animals or emotional support animals. This week United Airlines has shared its update polices. Check them out and let us know what you think.

Horizon Air president apologizes to mistreated passenger

Over the weekend, a Bend, Ore., man took to Facebook to describe the incivility he alleged was inflicted on a fellow passenger on an Horizon Air flight out of Oregon’s Redmond Municipal Airport. Cameron Clark witnessed what he described on Facebook as “the worst of humanity” when airline staff on duty appeared to ignore and refuse […]

Proper flying attire: baggy pants or hotpants?

Hotpants-wearing man and saggy-pants-wearing student fuel debate about the rights of passengers at airports and on airplanes.

Hats off – or on – for airline pilots

Many airlines are allowing their pilots to choose whether or not to wear the caps with their uniforms.

Cellphones on airplanes? Debate continues.

Debate continues over using cell-phones on airplanes. In Europe, the Middle East and Asia, airlines that wire planes for connectivity can install special equipment to allow passengers to use their own cell phones to make and receive calls. Domestic airlines own about 90 percent of the world's connected planes, but federal regulations still ban the use of in-flight mobile calls.

Airlines want your money, but not your cash

In researching my Well Mannered Traveler column for MSNBC.com this week, I discovered that just about every U.S. airline has gone “cashless” in the cabins. Those that haven’t surely will.  So if you think you’ll want to buy a snack, a sandwich or a headset on your next flight, make sure you have your credit […]