News and notes from around the interweb:

• Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang discovers the challenge of sitting next to a colleague on United Airlines without paying extra and includes it in his financial disclosures. He’s unquestionably the most detail oriented candidate in the current field. (HT: Eric)

  

• TSA says they don’t discriminate it just HAPPENS that black hair styles are programmed to alarm more at the body scanner. (HT: Reid F)

  

• Drunk passenger was just practicing her judo sweeps.. on cabin crew.

• Two Qatar Airways flight attendants arrested at Helsinki airport drunk

  

• The President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA gets behind the Green New Deal

• United is testing handing out a rather sad looking sandwich in coach on Houston – Honolulu. I guess it’s free food so maybe customers will like it — whether or not this moves the needle determines if it stays and expands, but I’m not sure this sandwich is really a fair test.

  @ZachHonig @thepointsguy UA253 beta testing free mini sandwich for economy flyers pic.twitter.com/O03AgSY99l

  — shipwreck (@shipwre66723600) April 15, 2019

• American Airlines talks Charlotte. 80% connecting passengers, rocking chairs, and the challenge of their small ramp.