Originally Posted by Horizons

Does anyone else come from a family that shares this concern? I suppose it's mom's way of checking that I haven't lost my sense of decorum in specific settings, though from the look of air travel today most people don't accord it a lot of respect or consider it anything special. I still like to think -- 10 million FFMs later -- that air travel is a special experience. I also think that people approach a situation, like a flight, differently when dressed with thought for the occasion. Today, it looks like a "come as you are" party. Maybe there is something to "show respect, get respect".