And not just sardine close, either. Those who once kept to themselves while travelling now are trading war stories with seatmates. And in tight quarters, romance is soaring. For him and Ruby, that merely means chatting with seatmates instead of burying themselves in a book or laptop. And that's when pulses can rev up, too.
Misery loves company after all.
I think they let their guard down and bond with each other. Occasionally, in flagrant fashion. Zepco cites a flight last summer delayed by bad weather in Chicago. A husband and wife became irritable and began arguing, she says. Chat up a woman across the aisle.