Why Flying Sucks Lately

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Flying has been a drag for years now. But there’s an extra level of stress on commercial flights this summer. Why is flying so terrible at this moment? And what’s a traveler to do? Guest: Scott McCartney, the Middle Seat columnist for the Wall Street Journal. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:09.9	Are you thinking this is great but where can I watch Meersfit?
0:13.3	Watch now on all four.
0:14.7	The credits for UK's biggest free streaming service.
0:17.1	Now we've told you what to do.
0:18.7	Watch and rewatch Meersfit, watch and rewatch.
0:21.3	We'll do.
0:21.8	Watch, watch and rewatch, rewatch.
0:23.7	For free.
0:24.5	Oh bugging.
0:25.5	Comparachannel4.com sash verified.
0:33.1	Earlier this summer, the nation cleaved into two camps.
0:37.1	I'm not talking about masks or vaccines or political affiliations.
0:42.0	The camps organize themselves around this question.
0:45.6	Are you for duct tape or against it?
0:48.4	How?
0:49.4	There is up for today after an out of control passenger accused
0:53.3	of groping the flight attendants was duct tape to his seat
0:56.9	in the airline suspended the flight crew.
0:59.5	I think tape has asked up.
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