FAA hits maskless, unruly passengers with hefty fines
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to levy heavy fines against two unmasked passengers accused of assaulting flight attendants on different flights.
As CNN reported on Wednesday, one of the passengers is accused of assaulting two flight attendants during a flight in February and is facing a fine of $32,750. Another is accused of hitting an attendant with his bags and is facing a fine of $16,500.
The $32,750 fine was issued to a JetBlue Airways passenger who allegedly "grabbed a flight attendant's arm, causing her pain," and "struck the arm of another flight attendant twice and scratched his hand," CNN reports. The unnamed woman also threw bottles of alcohol and refused requests to wear a face mask. The other passenger reportedly struck a Southwest Airlines flight attendant after being asked to put on a mask.
A spokesperson for the FAA told CNN that four fines were issued overall on Wednesday out of 1,300 reports of passenger misconduct that the agency had received in the past three months. Previously, the FAA would get a single report every few days but CNN reports that the agency is now getting multiple reports daily.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/552041-faa-to-fine-maskless-unruly-passengers-for-allegedly-assaulting-flight
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