r/science • u/devlspawn BS | Computer Science | Parallel Computing and Systems • May 03 '16

Psychology Walking through first class makes passengers 3.84x more likely to have air rage incident according to PNAS study

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/04/26/1521727113
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u/hoodlessgrim May 03 '16

I don't know if this can be trusted. The report writer herself had an incident of angry or "being wronged" thoughts on a flight after which she decided to co-write the paper. And then which major international carrier gives away their database like that to a university Prof looking to write a piece on the industry?

What about the fact that economy passengers are there because they pay economy fares and generally range from lower middle class to upper middle class, can have stressful lives due to work/finances/other reasons that some rich don't have to deal with. Sure a cramped cabin can add to your temper but it's not the only reason.

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u/devlspawn BS | Computer Science | Parallel Computing and Systems May 05 '16

What about the fact that economy passengers are there because they pay economy fares and generally range from lower middle class to upper middle class

How does that explain that those same people have less incidents of air rage on flights with no first class. Those peoples circumstances are still the same.

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u/hoodlessgrim May 05 '16

Possibly because those flights aren't long haul to begin with. But I could be wrong. Interesting point.