All that airline stuff reminded me of a story I’d read a long time ago in Reader’s Digest.
I ended spending far more time than I needed to trying to track down that story (in part because I had both the title and the author’s name mangled). So just in case I want to refer to it in the future, and for the benefit of my readers (full-service blogging experience here, people; also, I think Frankie Housley should not be forgotten):
Wikipedia entry for Frankie Housley.
Knoxville “Metro Pulse” article on Frankie Housley (by way of the Wayback Machine).