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To the editor : So, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy thinks that wearing a tie when you fly will restore civility to airline travel ( “Trump’s transit chief longs for ‘golden age’ of flying. Banning sweats won’t cut it, experts say,” Nov. 25). Hmm, I think I just saw another flying pig go by.

But he did prompt me to recall my first experience with air travel in the summer of 1955. I was 9 years old and traveling, unaccompanied, from Cleveland to Philadelphia to spend time with my uncle’s family. My parents took me to the airport after making sure I was properly attired in a sport jacket and tie. It wasn’t because we were part of some elite social class (both sets of my

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