In a move seen as an attempt to calm the anger of airline passengers who are growing increasingly resentful about what some see as the out-of-hand increase in add-on fees, most of the major airlines announced today that they have set aside plans to charge a fee for hats worn in coach class.
The fee would have been $25 per hat and an additional $25 for any emblazoned with the slogan “Party like its 1776.”
The only holdout among the airlines was Southwest, which maintained that it will go ahead with plans to charge the $25, but only for cowboy hats, with an extra $25 added on flights between Dallas and Houston.
The add-on fee would not have applied to first class passengers or to the cockpit crew.
This post originally appeared on the wall of the now inactive facebook group “We are wearing a hat in our facebook photo, or admire people who do.”
