Business class is much better for everyone. There is more space, there is more privacy and there is less friction as a consequence. But even so, no one wants to hear to your conversation while you are boarding. Do not wear a heavy perfume, it affects everyone. A sense of decorum is essential at all times when flying for work.
An appalling record compared with much of the rich world is not just down to drugs and guns. We ask what changes, both in policy and philosophy, might reduce the death toll. A heat-transporting ocean current in the Atlantic could soon be on the wane—or switch off altogether (10:08). That would have disastrous consequences. And musing on airborne etiquette for business travelers (18:09).
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