Budget airline travel ain’t what it used to be.

Seems like more and more of the basic amenities are getting locked behind upgrades.

So how much do you need to pay to, say, not act as maintenance worker mid-flight?

That’s the question at the heart of an incident reported on by TikTok account @abc7newbayarea:

“Delta flight passengers forced to hold ceiling panel up” reads the caption.

The description elaborates: “Passengers aboard a Chicago-bound Delta Airlines flight were forced to hold up a ceiling panel after it partially collapsed on on April 14. Thomas Witschy, who captured this video, said he and two other passengers held it up from their seats until the crew ‘could get it scotch taped back into position.’ The flight returned to Atlanta for cabin maintenance.”

So even after all that, you can’t even land in Chicago?

Worst flight ever.

@abc7newsbayarea

Passengers aboard a Chicago-bound Delta Airlines flight were forced to hold up a ceiling panel after it partially collapsed on on April 14. Thomas Witschy, who captured this video, said he and two other passengers held it up from their seats until the crew “could get it scotch taped back into position.” The flight returned to Atlanta for cabin maintenance. #planetok #airplane #US #delta #maintenance #cabin #cabincrew #fyp #fypシ #abc7newsbayarea

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The comments got right to work diagnosing the problem:

Plant safety is so important.

Don’t sleep on that compensation.

Lesson learned!

What most commenters are missing here, probably because they didn’t read the details, is that the flight had to return to its original airport, meaning none of these people got where they were going.

THAT is deserving of something beyond a complimentary drink, I’d say.

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