How to Use air rage in a Sentence

air rage

noun
  • On the flight to Munich, there’s a shocking instance of air rage — shocking to me, at least.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Aug. 2021
  • There are a few theories for the uptick in air rage incidents.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Reporting air rage incidents is up to the discretion of the flight crew.
    Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Flight attendants across the industry have called on Congress to do more to stem cases of air rage.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
  • In a year of violent air rage events, this incident is perhaps the most egregious.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Aggressive behavior on planes is so common these days that there’s a name for it: air rage.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
  • In the first nine months of 2021, the FAA investigated more cases of air rage than in the previous six years combined.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Alcohol has long been cited as the fuel for many air rage incidents.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • There have been periods in the past where air rage seemed an intractable problem, but later subsided.
    David Koenig, orlandosentinel.com, 22 June 2021
  • In September 2021, flight attendants urged Congress to do more to reduce the number of air rage incidents.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Unruly airline passengers face fines and an airline ban from future flights, but the deterrents haven't put an end to the high-profile air rage incidents this year.
    Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Incidents of violent air rage have made headlines throughout the pandemic, and yet the problem still persists.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The Federal Aviation Authority and air carriers have been woefully unable to stop the rise of air rage in the unfriendly skies.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • And considering British Airways recently revealed that leg-room will get even tighter on its short haul flights around Europe, a hassle-free train journey without the headaches of airports and air rage sounds pretty appealing.
    Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Some recent 'air rage' incidents have resulted in flights turning around and returning to their departing airports.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Airlines are debating a new effort to address air rage by having airlines share with one another their lists of passengers banned from flying because of unruly behavior.
    Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The wave of air rage has reached unprecedented levels as U.S. airlines attempt to return to normalcy while the pandemic subsides, according to data released Tuesday.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 22 June 2021
  • Now the airline industry is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to crack down on violent air rage incidents with criminal prosecutions.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • As covid-19 restrictions loosened, air rage and shocking incidents during flights became a staple of headlines worldwide, particularly in the United States.
    Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • In September, flight attendants testified before a Congressional subcommittee about the rise in air rage.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The proposal came the same week a congressional committee held a hearing on the increasing problem of air rage triggered primarily by too much alcohol among passengers and a mandate that everyone onboard wear masks.
    Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Similarly, incidents of air rage — people becoming violent on flights — have also climbed.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Physical and situational inequality on airplanes predicts air rage.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2016

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