How to make airlines stop acting like fraternities

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There’s been a slew of YouTube videos and stories lately showing how chaotic things have gotten when flying the friendly skies. Whether it’s this family who just wanted to bring a birthday cake on board, this man defending a mother crying over her baby and stroller, or this woman forced to urinate in a cup on board a plane, it seems like customers are often rude — but airline personnel even more so. Due to heavy regulations, there are only a few airlines in business. They monopolize the industry and can basically do whatever they want like a fraternity hazing gone nuts. It’s time that changed.

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