You are correct that it's never easy, but it's never been harder than at LGA. And I've traveled with skis through dozens of airports in the US and internationally. Your staunch LGA defenses in this thread are curious - did you design the place or something?

Voters never flew military.

I mentioned that!

I have to say that while there's no excuse for his actions, it's pretty damn impressive to see him genuinely owning up to what he did and not only admitting that it was his fault, but also delivering a sincere apology and committing to doing anything he can to fix his behavior, all the while not asking for sympathy or…

another "Somebody Famous, someone, someone, Larry David" photo

"Spell it, tough guy!" made me laugh far more than it should have.

This shouldn't be a top priority for law enforcement but it's definitely their number 2 problem.

There is no reason to climb to 45,000 ft, when 35,000 would have been sufficient to do the job.

I thought masks were available to all passengers? Would they not automatically deploy upon reaching service ceiling?

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