It was only a matter of time. You can only push people so far before things start falling apart. Over the weekend, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had a temporary mental breakdown of sorts, and participated in the new trend of air rage. This apparently entailed being drunk on an aircraft, disobeying an aircraft commander, two counts of assault on air crew, threatening behavior and criminal damage including breaking airline crockery.
Air rage is similar to road rage, but it's in the air.
This might not seem like much of a story for an editorial, a rock star throws a fit on a plane, but those traveling by planes this summer should be aware of changes in the business. And it even touches on the idea of monopolies existing. This is not just fear from the effects of traveling coach. Many things can go wrong when you put too many people in a tight spot. And now that there is more overbooking for regular domestic flights, this only adds to potential anger.