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Cultural references

• The episode was inspired by several aviation films:
  • The episode's title and plot have elements from the 1997 action thriller film Con Air, such as a prison inside a plane.
    • The character from the film, Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage), appears.
  • The trial faced by Homer and Marge in the story mirrors the investigation of Captain Sully Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, as depicted in the 2016 film Sully.
  • The exchange of phone messages parodies the 2014 mystery action thriller film Non-Stop, specifically the scenes where Federal Air Marshall Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) chats with a threatening passenger.
• Senator Selter is a reference to Senator Chuck Schumer.

The episode parodies several aviation films. The way Homer texts Marge parodies the scenes in the 2014 film Non-Stop where Air Marshall Bill Marks chats with a threatening passenger

• C-SPAN 5 is a parody of C-SPAN.
• According to Marge, the Bouvier family has Cajun roots. The Cajuns are a Louisiana French ethnicity, mainly found in Louisiana.
• Bart points out how they shoot the pig "John Wick-style", showing a picture of it on Facelook, a parody of Facebook.
• Homer demands to speak to Sully Sullenberger, former aviator and aviation safety expert known for his actions in the US Airways Flight 1549.
• Homer is on the no-fly list for Spirit Airlines, an American ultra-low cost airline. A Spirit plane was seen getting jump-started.
• Joel doing stand-up comedy was named after the writer Joel H. Cohen.^[1]
• Joel says to remember the safety video come Oscar time.
• A traveler records Homer d'hoing, remixes the video and posts it on TikTok.
• The stressed woman conspiracy theory is a reference to what happened on a plane with Tiffany Gomez.^[2][3]
• Warren Wingspan is named after the wingspan, a common measurement used in aviation.
• Bart plays a parody of the game Galacta: The Battle for Saturn on his Funtendo Glitch and on a tablet at the same time. The Funtendo Glitch is a parody of the Nintendo Switch.
• Joel tells the passengers that the call button is for real emergencies, such as if you're down to your last guess on Wordle.
• Lisa plays John Coltrane on her sax and alludes to Coltrane's addiction to heroin.
• Drederick Tatum is reading Pigeon Fancy, a parody of the magazine Cat Fancy.
• Krusty tells Drederick Tatum he lost $50,000 on his pay-per-view fight against American rapper Vanilla Ice, referencing the celebrity boxing matches and a flight where a passenger started annoying and provoking Mike Tyson until he started beating him up.^[2]
• Krusty drinks Chekhov's Gin, a pun on the narrative principle of Chekhov's gun.
  • The Mile-High Book Club is a reference to the Mile high club.
• The learned pervert is reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
• Lisa's Jazz Legends flashcards include
  • Cannonball Adderley.
  • Miles Davis.
  • Hank Jones.
  • Sam Jones.
  • Art Blakey.
  • Sun Ra.
  • Roy Hargrove.
• Senator Morrison mentions the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Trivia

• The episode takes place on March 12th.
• The Bouvier family was wrtitten from the maiden name of Jackie Onassis, who was not Cajun, and they were French, and Cajuns are different from French.
• The in-aisle potty training was a true story that happened to Loni Steele Sosthand.^[4]

Continuity

• One of the Air Springfield flight attendants appears. ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
• Passengers seen on the plane include:
  • The teacher from the Center for Pre-Emptive Education. ("Highway to Well")
  • Gavin's mother. ("Marge Be Not Proud")
  • Truth-Anne and Gwyneth Poultry. ("Game Done Changed")
  • Finn Bon Idée. ("Night of the Living Wage")
  • Professor Pocket Pool. ("Bart's Brain")
• Bart plays on his Funtendo Glitch. ("Poorhouse Rock")

References