As a flight attendant, I deal with a lot of crazy people on a daily basis. I like to believe that these people aren’t always crazy and that it’s only because they’re scared or anxious on the flight. I keep this thought in the back of my head whenever someone does or says something ridiculous. When the virus started spreading though, I was bombarded with even more crazy questions on a regular basis. A lot of people were curious about the air quality and were fearful of catching the virus themselves. One time, I had a man tell me that everyone on the flight was going to catch the virus because someone was bound to already have it, and the air was just being recycled over and over again. Some of the other passengers overheard his comment, which led to a mass rage where everyone was taking off their masks and living like there was no tomorrow. I told the man that he was wrong, because the air on airplanes was not recycled air. In fact, the air was taken from the outside and it flowed through. Planes were much more advanced these days, along with their HVAC systems and the air quality. One of my coworkers had to go over the intercom and demand everyone stay seated and put their masks back on. The pilot wasn’t even allowed to back the plane up from the gate, which delayed our takeoff time by 1 hour! This could’ve all been avoided if the passenger knew about the plane’s HVAC system before he made his loud comment.