[AnotherUnixGeek]

With all the turd-world passengers flying on airlines, it’s surprising this problem isn’t more common.

Actually, bed bugs are an American problem, not a Third World problem. The Third World isn't controlled by environmentalists who have gotten DDT and other effective pesticides banned - they will spray down their planes, hotels, etc. and kill the bugs. Bed bugs have become a real problem in American 5 star hotels and now apparently in planes because we have banned DDT.

[Carl Vehse]

DDT is stil being used in Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda, Swaziland, and some Asian countries, with India being the largest consumer of DDT. Despite that the Times of India reports: "Debt-ridden national carrier Air India has hit a new low with bed bugs in its business class." Ouch! Bitten in the wallet and beneath!

Infestations have been reported on different aircraft.

[Zhang Fei]

[Actually, bed bugs are an American problem, not a Third World problem. The Third World isn’t controlled by environmentalists who have gotten DDT and other effective pesticides banned - they will spray down their planes, hotels, etc. and kill the bugs. Bed bugs have become a real problem in American 5 star hotels and now apparently in planes because we have banned DDT.]

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I have acquaintances from Third World countries who did not even know what a bed bug was, let alone had a clue what they looked like. Their ignorance about this nook of the insect world remedied by coming to America. I always tell them - don’t say we never gave you anything.