Thread by @dabeard

The bump happened when the flight attendant was moving through the cabin.
She apologized.
The first-class passenger got up—and punched her in the face. She was hospitalized for broken bones.
washingtonpost.com/transportation…

"Hedrick said the union also is looking into an incident that occurred Wednesday in Honolulu. During the incident, a passenger allegedly spit at and slapped a flight attendant while exiting an airplane."

“It’s not just the masks,” Hedrick said. “Our passengers have changed. Their behavior on our flights, the safety of our flight attendants, the safety of our passengers — every day is being threatened here.”

Maybe airlines should rethink their own classification of passengers. Nurses, teachers, and firefighters are every bit as "first class" as a woman-hitting boor with money who doesn't think the rules apply to him.