I completely agree that violent, intimidating, or abusive behavior -- in an airplane or anywhere else -- is intolerable, and the violator should be punished swiftly and severely.

But I'm a little miffed off about this "air rage" campaign that the airlines and their employees seem to be on. The airlines narrow our seats, take away our leg room, add seats to the airplane so we have to walk sideways like crabs to get through the aisles, make us all fight for limited overhead space, pump potentially obnoxious alcoholics with several drinks in order to maximize their profit margins, give us little or no food on long trips -- and then they have the nerve to complain to the media and the FAA that their customers aren't giving THEM good service!