Jonathan Cohn takes the JetBlue incident as a bellwether of the rising incivility of passengers. To my mind, it’s a bellwether of a society subjecting itself to a recession-induced stress test. It’s not surprising that passengers are cussing at flight attendants. It’s not surprising that flight attendants are cussing back. Stephen Slater deployed his escape chute. The passengers on his flight surely wished they could do the same.
