Klobuchar flouts air-safety laws

Apparently Sen. Amy Klobuchar has little respect for rules governing airplane safety. According to an item today in Roll Call’s “Heard on the Hill” column (subscription only, sadly), Minnesota’s lone senator had to be reminded at least twice on a recent flight from Florida to Washington that the “please fasten seatbelts” sign was lit. The DFLer ignored the directive and continued chatting with fellow passengers in the aisle.

Klobuchar’s aisle-side socializing got her busted, though, when the flight crew repeatedly reminded her that the captain had asked for all passengers to buckle up because of the snowy conditions outside. She finally returned to her seat when a crew member used the intercom to broadcast the reminder.

Where the hell were the Federal Air Marshals?