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And dont get me started about how unbelievably overempowered flight attendants are. I dont think I have been on a flight over 3 hours in the last few years where some passenger who had the audacity to voice a complaint about being stuffed into a sardine can for 3 hours was told that if he/she kept it up they would land the plan right away and throw them in jail. I once personally was on a plane that had been delayed at a gate for over two hours. When I asked a flight attendant what was going on, she said we were waiting for some connecting passengers. I politely and in a normal tone of voice said "It would be nice if the people who actually were here were also considered. That resulted on me being removed from the plane and lectured to by an airport cop about 9/11 for 5 minutes. Things have gotten utterly ridiculous.
