Passenger Furious When Flight Attendant Demands Blankets Back After Landing: ‘We Already Paid For Those!’ [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb:

• You’re not generally supposed to take the blankets home, however I might have (1) 2012-era American Airlines blankets on my couch at home, along with (2) blankets from various Etihad First Apartment trips.

  Nonetheless, do not confront a flight attendant over the blanket and refuse to give it back.

  “On Our London Flight Back To Abuja, We Were Given A Blanket, As Is Usually Done On Other International Airline. But The Shock Came When The Air Hostess Started Collecting It Back After We Landed. Why Are You Taking It Back? It’s Part Of The Money We Paid For Our Flight… pic.twitter.com/GwoPzVqGAu

  — Somto Okonkwo (@General_Somto) December 19, 2025

• British Airways banned crew from using hot water bottles on flights but quickly reversed itself amidst backlash. In the fall they tried to ban coffee and water for flight attendants but that didn’t stick either.
• TSA checkpoint bins have more germs than the monkey in Outbreak. They give the screeners gloves – not you. The bins could be sanitized, but they don’t bother.

  You’re really quite disgusting for not washing your hands after clearing the checkpoint, the most crudded up part of your journey.

  After handling the security tray, wash your hands. It’s the riskiest part of the journey. By bringing the people of the world together, aviation inadvertently combines their various malaises in a terrifying microbial cocktail.

• Favorable take after flying American’s new premium economy on the Airbus A321XLR

  

• Hotels in Kuwait are now legally permitted to have Christmas trees (HT: Loyalty Lobby)
• Egg nog in the Delta Sky Club (HT: Paul H). This SNL skit wasn’t actually funny but this ode to a departing cast member was a good reminder about the staff who work the holidays.

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