How to Use air rage in a Sentence

air rage

noun
  • There are a few theories for the uptick in air rage incidents.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • On the flight to Munich, there’s a shocking instance of air rage — shocking to me, at least.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Aug. 2021
  • In a year of violent air rage events, this incident is perhaps the most egregious.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Alcohol has long been cited as the fuel for many air rage incidents.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • Reporting air rage incidents is up to the discretion of the flight crew.
    — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 2 Nov. 2018
  • There have been periods in the past where air rage seemed an intractable problem, but later subsided.
    — David Koenig, orlandosentinel.com, 22 June 2021
  • Flight attendants across the industry have called on Congress to do more to stem cases of air rage.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
  • From yelling at crew members to fighting fellow passengers, airline crew have to deal with incidents of air rage each year.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • In-flight air rage hit record highs in 2021, mostly because of masking requirements.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • There’s road rage, air rage, gas rage and now, coming to South Florida, World Cup ticket rage.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • Incidents of violent air rage have made headlines throughout the pandemic, and yet the problem still persists.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Unruly airline passengers face fines and an airline ban from future flights, but the deterrents haven't put an end to the high-profile air rage incidents this year.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Some recent 'air rage' incidents have resulted in flights turning around and returning to their departing airports.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Similarly, incidents of air rage — people becoming violent on flights — have also climbed.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Last year saw a rise in cases of air rage as flights were more crowded, including one passenger who tried to open a plane’s emergency door and attempted to stab a flight attendant with a broken spoon.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Airlines are debating a new effort to address air rage by having airlines share with one another their lists of passengers banned from flying because of unruly behavior.
    — Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly, alcohol abuse is a major contributor to air rage.
    — Ragini Saxena, Fortune, 12 June 2023
  • In September 2021, flight attendants urged Congress to do more to reduce the number of air rage incidents.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
  • In the first nine months of 2021, the FAA investigated more cases of air rage than in the previous six years combined.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The Federal Aviation Authority and air carriers have been woefully unable to stop the rise of air rage in the unfriendly skies.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In September, flight attendants testified before a Congressional subcommittee about the rise in air rage.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Physical and situational inequality on airplanes predicts air rage.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2016
  • The proposal came the same week a congressional committee held a hearing on the increasing problem of air rage triggered primarily by too much alcohol among passengers and a mandate that everyone onboard wear masks.
    — Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • And considering British Airways recently revealed that leg-room will get even tighter on its short haul flights around Europe, a hassle-free train journey without the headaches of airports and air rage sounds pretty appealing.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2018
  • As covid-19 restrictions loosened, air rage and shocking incidents during flights became a staple of headlines worldwide, particularly in the United States.
    — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022

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