With more than 500 cases since last December, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending its harsher no-tolerance policy for disruptive passengers on airlines.
FAA Extends No-Tolerance Policy For Disruptive Airline Passengers
In January, the FAA implemented a zero-tolerance policy for poor behavior on airplanes, most of its driven by passengers opposed to wearing masks.
Unruly behavior doesn’t fly! You could be subject to up to $35K in fines or up to 20 years imprisonment for threatening or assaulting a crew member. https://t.co/R6ZunIDuy8 #FlySmart #Travel #airlines
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 13, 2021
The original policy was set to expire on March 31, 2021, but has been extended.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson issued a statement late yesterday explaining his decision to extend the policy:
“I have decided to extend the FAA’s unruly-passenger zero-tolerance policy as we continue to do everything we can to confront the pandemic. The policy directs our safety inspectors and attorneys to take strong enforcement action against any passenger who disrupts or threatens the safety of a flight, with penalties ranging from fines to jail time. The number of cases we’re seeing is still far too high, and it tells us urgent action continues to be required.”
Do we still need this policy?
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- AA Pilot Threatens To Dump Maskless Passengers In Middle Of Kansas
- Alaska Airlines Bans 14 Passengers After Rowdy Flight From Washington, DC
I’d say…yes.
The stricter policy will remain in effect as long as the federal mask mandate is in effect.
CONCLUSION
While it is pathetic that a strict zero-tolerance policy became necessary in the first place, I am glad the FAA is extending it. It’s very simple: in a constrained metal tube fleeting through the air with hundreds of other people, you better be on good behavior.
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Italy is now involved in a major new lock down for much of the country, which can easily be the situation in the United States if we don’t get this bug under control. Our people who complain about their “freedom” to not wear a mask are simply pathetic, just adult crybabies. Any politicians who egg them on are doubly pathetic.
“Zero Tolerance”….. two buzzwords that mean absolutely nothing if punishment is not meted out. Throwing a person off a flight and then summarily putting him/her on another flight is not zero tolerance. Getting a slap on the wrist instead of application of heavy fines and/or a tough jail term is not zero tolerance. Allowing idiots to scream discrimination and it ends there is not zero tolerance.
Please, do us all a favor and write an article when someone gets a hefty fine or jail time and then it will probably only be one of thousands of loudmouth, undisciplined people that have disrupted flights.
Not only hefty fines, and jail time, but following through with banning them for a period of time across all airlines. Stop rewarding bad behavior.
I vote for summary execution.
I vote for just showing them the door….. at 30,000 feet, problem over