“Exhausted mothers with bawling children, tired business travelers counting down the time until the plane gains altitude and they can turn on their laptops, vacationers watching when the flight attendant hands over a plastic lunch box - everyone is waiting for takeoff, sitting in uncomfortable upright chairs. back, but the plane is standing. Neither the ventilation nor the toilet work, passengers defiantly fan themselves with airline magazines, because they are no good for anything else, and accumulate anger...”