DFW passenger who struck flight attendant among 10 fined by FAA for more than $200,000

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A DFW International Airport passenger was fined $23,000 by the Federal Aviation Administration for reportedly striking an American Airlines flight attendant after becoming upset that her seat didn’t recline.

The woman, who was not named, “verbally abused flight attendants after she realized her assigned seat would not recline” and then declined to switch seats with multiple passengers and “kept yelling at flight attendants,” the air safety agency said Wednesday.

The altercation took place March 11 on a flight between DFW Airport and Aspen, Colo.

The FAA said it has already received more than 5,000 complaints of unruly passengers this year, including more than 100 acts of violence against flight crews. Flight attendants at Fort Worth-based American Airlines and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines have been the alleged victims of high-profile assaults from passengers, each resulting in federal charges.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/dfw-passenger-who-struck-flight-attendant-among-10-fined-by-faa-for-more-than-dollar200000/ar-AAQyJD5

[dalton99a]

1. There should be highly publicized jail sentences.

[MagickMuffin]

2. Fines and No Fly List

Works for me. It'll be fun when they have to travel and they'll have to travel by bus or car.


Serves them right and now they have the freedom to drive whenever they need to be.

[panader0]

3. I wonder how much the airlines lose when they have to divert a flight.

I'll bet it's more than $23,000. Plus, the passengers should be allowed to file a civil suit
against the asshole who may have made them late to a meeting or wedding or anything.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Fuel Costs Alone

Some DUers that worked for the airlines could better detail this, but i recall reading a take off or landing uses about 9,000 pounds of fuel.
So an extra 2,600 gallons of kerosene would be around $4,300.
There's probably added gate fees involved too.

[Eugene]

5. The airline bills the passenger, sometimes $50-200k.

Fuel, labor and landing fees add up.