Unruly Airline Passengers Could Soon Find Themselves on the No-Fly List❗ A small bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act, which could potentially ban a growing number of airline passengers who are convicted of violence or intimation in the air. Noting that “disgraceful violence directed at flight crews and fellow passengers has become rampant,” the legislators (one Senator and two Congressmen) stated that “the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigated 831 unruly-passenger incidents in 2022, up from 146 just four years ago.” Barely a week goes by without another story of a violent assault on a crew member, passenger, or airport staff by passengers who, for whatever reasons, cannot cope with the stress of air travel. The legislation would establish a process by which passengers who are fined or convicted of severe physical violence or intimidation would be barred from flying on commercial aircraft. This regime would...
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