(CNN) The news about the passenger who punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face contained a revealing aside about class in America. While the airlines have not given explanations, one possibility is that they believe first-class passengers are less likely than coach to believe their constitutional rights include going maskless and exhaling viral particles onto others. Case closed -- rub people's noses in being on the losing side of inequality, resentment simmers and rotten behavior ensues (directed, of course, at flight attendants and fellow coach passengers, rather than at first-class passengers). Having coach passengers board through the first-class section also increased belligerent behavior in the FIRST-class passengers. So, maybe airlines haven't made their alcohol exception because of the exemplary behavior of first-class passengers.

Source: CNN June 09, 2021 10:07 UTC