While waiting for a delayed flight to take off, the couple was determined to be able to sit together on the flight. Natalie and her daughter, River, were a couple of rows ahead of Nick. Both Nick and Natalie were in middle seats. Presumably, River was on Natalie's lap. Natalie explains that she asked the man in the window seat next to her to switch seats with Nick. He declined.
Of course, that span includes the pandemic, when airlines enforced mask mandates, prompting many passengers who thought COVID was a hoax to push back against crews and disrupt flights. In an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday, Duffy noted that today's air-travel misanthropy doesn't just happen onboard planes, pointing to fights occurring at baggage claim and arguments with gate agents. He added that "people dress up like they're going to bed when they fly."