Uncle Sam is asking fliers to dress better at airports. Are we?

Uncle Sam wants you to dress up when heading to the airport, but are people heeding the call?

The request for sartorial seriousness in the skies is part of the "The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You" campaign, which the Department of Transportation says aims to "restore courtesy and class to air travel."

When the campaign launched in November, the DOT cited trends that have festered among travelers for years, including 13,800 unruly passenger incidents since 2021, a 400% increase in inflight outbursts since 2019, and one in five flight attendants experiencing "physical incidents" in 2021.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a BlazeTV interview published Nov. 25 that not dressing "respectfully" can lead to "people not treating each other respectfully."

"When (people) travel, they want to dress for comfort. And I get that, I want to be comfortable, too," he said. "But, at some point, we can't dress like we're going to bed. You know, we have our PJs on, our slippers, and we're going to nestle in like we're going to bed. Actually, no, we're going out in public."