Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has said it is “not your imagination” that air travel in the U.S. has gotten worse.

The former competitive lumberjack presided over a historically turbulent period during the shutdown, when thousands of flights were canceled. It saw schedules reduced by 10 percent across 40 “high traffic” markets nationwide in early November to maintain air safety and address the crippling shortage of air traffic controllers.

But the 54-year-old told travellers that they were responsible for ensuring a “golden age of travel” by saying “please and thank you” and “dressing with respect.”

“It’s not your imagination,” Duffy said in the caption of the video posted on X. “Traveling has become more uncivilized!”

The former congressman used the medium of unsocked feet to prove

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