27 h. ago Sean Duffy wants to bring ‘civility’ to air travel so why is he doing pull

Transport infrastructure in the US is a hot mess – and the guy in charge thinks ‘wellness spaces’ are gonna solve the problemSean “Dog” Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90-ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his prowess in mounting and rolling big bits of wood. Not just a lumberjack, Duffy also made waves on late-90s reality TV shows The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. And now Duffy is parlaying his experience on Road Rules into his role as US transportation secretary.Duffy has got a lot on his big lumberjack hands: transport infrastructure in the US is, to use the technical term, a hot mess. More than a third of the country’s bridges need major repair work or replacement. There has been little historical investment in railways and the country lags behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to high-speed trains. Meanwhile, there’s a chronic air-traffic-controller shortage, which was exacerbated by th...

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27 h. ago Sean Duffy wants ‘civility’ in air travel so why is he doing pull

Transport infrastructure in the US is a hot mess – and the guy in charge thinks ‘wellness spaces’ are going to solve the problemSean “Dog” Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his prowess in mounting and rolling big bits of wood. Not just a lumberjack, Duffy also made waves on late-90s reality TV shows The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. And now Duffy is parlaying his experience on Road Rules into his role as US transportation secretary.Duffy has got a lot on his big lumberjack hands: transport infrastructure in the US is, to use the technical term, a hot mess. More than a third of the country’s bridges need major repair work or replacement. There has been little historical investment in railways and the country lags behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to high-speed trains. Meanwhile, there’s a chronic air-traffic-controller shortage, which was exacerbated by ...

Politics

6 d. ago Passengers are wearing pajamas to the airport more often in protest against Sean Duffy’s etiquette push

The Transportation Department has urged Americans to dress nicer at the airport as it believes that correlates with good behavior

Events

2 w. ago Are flight passengers dressing with respect? I went to Heathrow to find out

Plane Talk: ‘People are going on holiday and want to feel casual – but there are limits’

Politics

2 w. ago Airlines urged to ditch unhealthy plane snacks in latest push to overhaul US travel

Duffy’s latest comments come after he rolled out a new campaign encouraging people to act and dress nicely during air travel

Society

2 w. ago Gavin Newsom’s brutal tweet uses RFK to rebuke Duffy’s plan to make air travelers dress smarter

California governor uses unfortunate tweet showing Robert F Kennedy Jr to ridicule Sean Duffy’s call for air passengers to wear sharper clothes and behave more considerately on flights

Politics

2 w. ago Gavin Newsom’s brutal tweet uses RFK to rebuke Duffy’s plan to make air travellers dress smarter

California governor uses unfortunate tweet showing Robert F Kennedy Jr to ridicule Sean Duffy’s call for air passengers to wear sharper clothes and behave more considerately on flights

Politics

2 w. ago Newsom reups notorious photo after Trump’s transportation secretary says air passengers should dress more smartly

California governor uses unfortunate photograph of Robert F Kennedy Jr to ridicule Sean Duffy’s call for air passengers to wear sharper clothes and behave more considerately on flights

Culture

2 w. ago Major European airport halts flights after multiple drone sightings, defence minister announces

In a post on X this evening, Ruben Brekelmans, the defence minister, said the sightings had prompted Civilian and military air traffic.

Politics

2 w. ago White House transport chief asks flyers to ‘bring back the Golden Age of Travel’

US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has launched a new 'civility campaign' titled 'The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You'

Sport

2 w. ago White House transportation chief asks flyers to ‘bring back the Golden Age of Travel’

US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has launched a new 'civility campaign' titled 'The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You'

Sport

4 w. ago FAA announces plans to leave 6 percent flight cut until it can return to ‘normal’ staffing after shutdown

Sean Duffy has claimed that flights should return to ‘normal,’ by Thanksgiving if the current schedule remains in place

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