Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is considering "alternate ways" to fly on airplanes beyond first class, he told CBS News.
To date, Pruitt has been globetrotting with a "blanket waiver to fly in first or business class" after claiming that he is the victim of random passengers yelling profanities at him. That justification has drawn some skepticism, in part because there is no reason why Pruitt would not also be yelled at in first class, and also because the average Joe probably has no idea what Scott Pruitt even looks like.
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