Then, I started questioning the narrative. It seemed to suggest tourists lost interest because our cities are too chaotic and dangerous... but, didn't link it to Trump, then it repeated a phrase and I flashed to South Park's 3rd show about, in part, chat gpt.
So I stopped listening and checked to see what folks said in the comments.

Just sayin', if you don't believe stuff, there are more than comments to go by (since those can be bots, too).

Anywhere in writing?

In GD, I'm not inclined to watch video without some kind of detail.

I've traveled twice this summer. Both experiences were unpleasant because every single seat was sold and the airports were jam--packed and understaffed.

I had my worst experience ever with security screening in Omaha, Nebraska just last week. We arrived 2 hours early (thanks to my SIL's obsession with getting there a full 2 hours early. We barely made it to our plane on time. Security took approximately an hour. They were running bags multiple times. They didn't have the staff needed for those who needed extra screening (my mother in a wheelchair, my daughter and I who both opt out because we are heavy medical radiation users), anyone over 75 who just went through the medical detector. My daughter's and my belongs cleared a full half our before our pat downs. My mother lost some of her medicine because she forgot it was in her rollator (which they took through after her) and they had to send it back through screening, my daughter and I saw what was happening but had no way to alert anyone on the other side of screening. And, rather than checking the rollator through to our ultimate destination they checked it to the transfer airport (even though we had arranged in advance for wheelchair assist through the busy Chicago airport on a tight timeline).

So it may be that everyone is just crammed on fewer flights, with fewer airlines - but security and the waiting areas in airports are busier than ever.

right now because her usual airline choice no longer exists and she's waiting for larger carrier that's running late and as you cay, "crammed."

which airport this clickbait AI bot goes to, but I unfortunately must frequent them often and they are freekin packed, and every single flight is over-booked.

She's a religious rw'er from Kentucky who's a chaplain in the Sarasota PD. I sent her this video and the list of airlines (from the video I count eight, not six) no longer doing business in the U.S.

Her response? "I'm Delta."

Her mindset is to forgive and still back liars & cheaters, make excuses for incompetent governance, just to validate some outworn and incorrect map of reality. Can't reason with folks more loyal to their maps than the actual territory they're in.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

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