Sean Duffy

Are you saying thank you to your flight attendants and your pilots?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy calls it... The video showcases a bygone time when passengers in suits and gloves... Then the video descends into today.

Passengers in PJs or barefoot, biting...

fighting, getting arrested.

Let's bring civility and manners back.

Duffy says that includes checking.

Are you dressing with respect?

Passengers say if they're stressed, it's mostly from delays and cancellations.

Under Duffy, the department moved away from a Biden-era plan to compensate stranded passengers.

In announcing the civility campaign, DOT cited sky-high outbursts since pre-pandemic, but FAA data show they have come way down since spiking in 2021 as cancellations have eased.

Amy Held, NPR News.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Brian Bedford announced the end of the emergency order on Sunday, adding that all normal operations can resume across the nation's airspace.

Flight traffic had been reduced at 40 of the nation's busiest airports as a result of safety concerns related to staffing shortages.

Air traffic controllers had been working without pay since October 1.

Absent workers started returning as a deal was reached to reopen the government.

The emergency order was put in place on November 7 and led to thousands of flight delays and cancellations.

The FAA says it's reviewing reports that some carriers weren't complying with the order.

Maria Andrusiewicz, NPR News, Washington.

We're going to have to continue to assess the pressure in the airspace and make decisions that may again move us from 10 percent to 15 percent, maybe to 20.

The government can open back up.