Several recent commercial fights were emergency landed because of passenger fights about reclining seats and sore patellas. Spirit, the upstart budget airline, is taking advantage of the situation by revealing that no such troubles can happen aboard their flights. Their seats simply don’t recline.

The airline happily advertises "the new definition of luxury: flying all the way to your destination without someone's chair in your lap." Spirit schedules flights to more than 39 destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, Bahamas and Latin America. For current schedules, ticket prices and other info, go to www.spirit.com

While visiting hotel front desks, airline waiting rooms and elsewhere in the travel industry, we asked employees that question. Except for a few hints, we’ll keep names and locations anonymous, because their harsh opinions could get them in trouble.

AFG, Chicago IL: Some seniors are very pushy, and think they’re always entitled to board their flight first and take up all overhead spaces with loaded carry-ons. We respect them, but must do our jobs according to airline rules. When you board, don't be a royal pain. Be considerate of flight attendants and other passengers.

PL, Los Angeles CA: Some seniors are the cheapest tippers in the restaurant where I waitress. My pay these days isn’t enough to cover expenses. I depend on tips to make it from week to week.

Recent photos of several naked entertainment stars hacked from private Email messages are all over the news. Of course, anyone should know that there’s now no privacy anywhere on the internet.

Although they didn’t make headlines, several senior travelers have complained about exposing it all on the internet. Nude and almost nude photos they sent confidentially to friends via supposedly-secure Apple iCloud have appeared on humor and other popular online sites.

Typical scenario: You’re happily dozing along on a Caribbean cruise when your smartphone buzzes you awake. It’s a frantic call from your teen grandson, and in a fuzzy, faraway voice, he says he’s on a pay phone and begs you to send electronic funds through your credit card. The story is that he’s been arrested in Cabo San Lucas on a marijuana charge. He must pay $5,000 immediately or face years in a Mexican prison.

Chances are nearly 100% that you are being scammed. According to the Federal Trade Commission, over just the past several years, more than 40,000 cases of so-called grandparent scams have been registered, and probably many others not reported. The losses are reported to be as much as $40 million!

The process starts when the credit card thieves continuously make phone calls using the same routine. When a worried grandparent believes the story is true, the urgent need for money is pitched. There are ways to avoid the grandparent scam: