You’re a smart guy, but your love of the leaf is clouding your reading comprehension.
I, and several of my coworkers noticed an uptick in passenger issues when MJ started being legalized. I have noticed that most every passenger we have removed from the plane or who is a problem reeks of it, and that it stinks like it at every curb. I also said that the majority of those removals aren’t the violent kind, and that the violent kind is a very small percentage of overall passenger disturbances. The problem is that you think I’m directly equating marijuana use with violence. No, I’m noting it’s heightened use and presence before flying over everyone thinking people are showing up drunk. That’s hardly the case though it’s common in Vegas to get some of that.
The point that you and others keep ignoring is that, as I said in the original post, people are showing up blazed, using or abusing their prescriptions and as well as other drugs legal or not. It’s usually pretty obvious when someone is just inebriated. There’s a smell to that as well.
I think a more permissive societal attitude towards drug use combined with the stresses of the last 24 months or however long it’s been is making some bad combinations inside of metal tubes. I also think that the extreme low fares being used to entice people to fly again is bringing forth some members of society who are prone to violence, drug use and or are anti authoritarian.
We had a guy charge the flightdeck at the gate after refusing to wear his mask last summer. He proceeded to tell the FA he was going to beat her up, dog cussed her, let everyone know he’s been to prison and wasn’t afraid to go back and then tried to shove the lead FA out of the way and push past the other pilot into the flightdeck. We shoved him out, locked the door per procedures and called for law enforcement. We saw him run up the jet bridge and disappear into the terminal. Don’t know what happened to him. Shortly thereafter a woman claiming to be his fiancé trudging up the jet brigade dragging their bags and likely considering her recent life choices.
My position is anecdotal, but let’s be real. Crews see a lot more of it than pretty much all of you combined.