Sean Duffy's entreaty to "dress with respect" on airplanes rapidly ran into some turbulence. The transportation secretary's request had a bumpy touchdown, landing so close to Donald Trump boorishly telling a female reporter on Air Force One, "Quiet, Piggy."

Duffy's boss often struggles to maintain the thinnest veneer of courtliness -- a failing no amount of fine tailoring can disguise. Nonetheless, Duffy noting "a degradation of civility" among air travelers is on the mark, and so is his contention that flying would be more pleasant if grown-ups behaved better, which would include not wearing pajamas on flights.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported 1,240 unruly passenger cases last year. That doesn't include uncountable incidents of mere rudeness or simply playing the eyesore in

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