Flight Attendants Association is saying unruly passengers must be criminally prosecuted

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[sheshe2]

1. 100% Agree.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. About time......Nt

[msongs]

3. these people hold passengers hostage and in fear for their lives... nt

[Pachamama]

4. I always assumed they were...

Scary has been the increasing number of incidents

[argyl]

5. Absolutely. If you can be heavily fined and arrested for smoking on a plane

violent and unruly behavior certainly should be as well.

[Irish_Dem]

6. It should be a serious federal crime to disrupt a flight.

[Ocelot II]

7. It is.

49 U.S. Code § 46504 - Interference with flight crew members and attendants

An individual on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States who, by assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member or flight attendant of the aircraft, interferes with the performance of the duties of the member or attendant or lessens the ability of the member or attendant to perform those duties, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both. However, if a dangerous weapon is used in assaulting or intimidating the member or attendant, the individual shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.

[Irish_Dem]

8. They need to arrest these folks then and press federal charges.

Not just fines.

[Ocelot II]

11. Sometimes they do.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2021/05/26/dfw-airport-sees-surge-in-arrests-of-misbehaving-travelers-interfering-with-flight-crews/

[Irish_Dem]

27. Good, I was under the impression they were just fined.

[Bleacher Creature]

9. How is this not already happening??

[Klaralven]

10. What good are laws when we don't enforce them?

[Hoyt]

12. Prosecuted for a serious felony.

[Andy823]

37. I agree and also

ban them from flying for X amount of time, any who are repeat offenders after the first ban should be put on the no fly list.

[Turbineguy]

13. How about

"You've just rented the entire plane!"

[Archae]

14. On the trip I just got home from...

I flew 4 times.

Milwaukee to Atlanta
Atlanta to Sacramento
Sacramento to Minneapolis
Minneapolis to Milwaukee

There were no incidents, no trouble, just one crying baby. That's all.

[Ocelot II]

20. Delta, I'd guess.

They've been taking a no-prisoners approach to shitty passengers lately.

[Archae]

23. Yup.

I have no complaints.

[kcr]

34. I fly Delta too. Same experience

I was nervous about flying after hearing about awful passengers, but so far so good.

[marble falls]

15. Hell yes they should be prosecuted and jailed.

[Hekate]

16. About damn time

[IbogaProject]

17. charge them with that Federal Felony.

Put them on a mixed sentence at least one year inside and then 20more years suspended while they are on post release supervision, so they have to be at risk of 20 years in over a period of 20 years they have to be supervised.

[3catwoman3]

18. Damn right they should.

Absolutely no excuse for this thuggery.

[Initech]

19. 100% agree with them!

[StatWoman]

21. I wish the media would drop the word "unruly".

That sounds like a kid throwing paper airplanes in class. They are criminally aggressive.

Similarly, I hate the word "meddling" to describe what foreign countries have done in our elections (it sounds like something out of Scooby Doo), and "shenanigans" to describe voter oppression.

[Duppers]

25. +100

[BlueIdaho]

22. What the heck are they waiting for?

Felony attempted murder works for me.

[ancianita]

24. Looks like a daily average of 15 fights and potential arrests at U.S. airports across a year.

If the Flight Attendants Association thinks passengers should be prosecuted, then they should stand up for their union members and prosecute when attendants are injured. Between them and airline legal teams, these pretentious trash should get legally stomped when they can't be courteous to strangers or staff.

[JoeOtterbein]

26. Uh? What? Arrest whypeopledy for being criminals???

(sarcasm)

[ffr]

28. Blackball each of them and their families. Put them on a no-fly list.

Let them take a boat, bus, train or taxi! These people are acting like terrorists, just without guns.

[Jakes Progress]

29. They belong on a permanent no-fly list like terrorists.

Stop the misdemeanor fines.

[twin_ghost]

30. The problem is getting eyewitnesses to tesify in a court of law.

The eyewitnesses are spread across the nation and world. Banning people from aircraft flights would be the answer.

[mopinko]

32. in the age of zoom, i dont think that's a thing any more.

[Laffy Kat]

31. Absolutely. We must nip this in the bud.

Let's start making examples of these assholes.

[LiberalFighter]

33. Criminally prosecuted and put on a federal do not fly register.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. We need vaccine passports and to exclude/shun assholes who refuse to be vaccinated

Here is a great example of why unvaccinated assholes should NOT be allowed to fly

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. Who else thinks if you want to fly you should be VACCINATED?

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