FAA seeks biggest fines yet against 2 unruly passengers

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

FAA seeks biggest fines yet against 2 unruly passengers

April 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it it seeking the largest fines yet for passengers who disrupt flights after two incidents that occurred on airliners last summer.

The FAA said it proposed a civil penalty of $81,950 against a passenger who struck a flight attendant on the head, tried to open a cabin door and headbutted, spit at and tried to kick crew members and passengers even after she was placed in flexible handcuffs.

The incident happened on an American Airlines flight last July. The FAA said the passenger was arrested when the plane landed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The FAA is seeking a $77,272 fine against a woman who tried to open a cabin door during a flight and bit another passenger repeatedly before she was restrained by the crew on a Delta Air Lines flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta last July.

Neither person was identified. They have 30 days to respond to the accusations.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-federal-aviation-administration-airlines-6afeff4897669c1e413aee9ea9f77943

[Hekate]

1. I want to know about the guy(s) who slugged stewardesses so hard their facial bones broke...

There were more than one of these incidents.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Put these assholes on the no fly list

[leftieNanner]

3. No Fly List

Permanent. For life.

[mitch96]

5. +1000.. you want to play, you have to HAVE TO pay...nt

[bluecollar2]

4. Good

As a former airline employee I approve.

Although 95% of my experience was outside of the public view ( I was a mechanic ) I viewed these disruptions as personal.

Collectively, all of the employees have one concern above all others...that you arrive safely at your destination.

People who are disruptive need to be removed from the air transportation system...permanently.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Lawmakers propose putting violent passengers on a no-fly list for life

We need a national no fly list for these assholes

Link to tweet

https://www.ktvu.com/news/lawmakers-propose-putting-violent-passengers-on-a-no-fly-list-for-life

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two U.S. lawmakers are proposing a new bill that would place violent flight passengers on a lifetime commercial no-fly list managed by the Transportation Security Administration.

The "Protection from Abusive Passengers Act," proposed by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) and U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), aims to "improve air travel safety, increase traveler protections, reduce the number of in-flight violent incidents, and hold unruly passengers accountable."

In addition to being placed on a no-fly list, convicted violent passengers would also permanently be banned from participating in the TSA PreCheck or Customs' Global Entry programs.

Unruly violent passengers would be first given a notice from the TSA and an opportunity to appeal before being placed on the permanent no-fly list, said Swalwell told KTVU on Tuesday

This would be a civil penalty; passengers could also be subject to any local criminal prosecutions.