Airlines have seen an unprecedented rise in disruptive passengers. Experts say it could get worse.
The headlines had barely faded after a Southwest passenger reportedly knocked out a flight attendant's teeth during an in-flight altercation when the next high-profile example of bad airline behavior emerged. A man was arrested last week after allegedly banging on a Delta cockpit door, demanding the plane land and tussling with a flight attendant.
The Federal Aviation Administration told The Washington Post this week that it has received about 2,900 reports of unruly passenger behavior since Jan. 1. Roughly 2,200 of those involved passengers who would not comply with the federal mandate to wear a face covering. The agency identified potential violations in 446 of those cases and has started enforcement action in 42.
The vast majority of cases reported to the FAA involve refusal to follow the federal mask mandate, which is in place until Sept. 13. But experts say there are many factors playing into the rise of unruly passengers.
There tends to be greater incidents where you are flying out of a place where local and state leaders have said that the pandemic is a hoax, that masks are not necessary, all of those things," she said.
Price said a portion of the traveling public feels "emboldened" to ignore instructions from authorities.
"Even though those are the rules, they feel that they're exempt from those rules for whatever reason," he said. "'You can't force me to wear a mask.' Yeah, actually we can because that's part of the safety and security of the flight just like we forced you to turn off your cellphone or your laptop."
https://www.chron.com/lifestyl...d-rise-in-16241877.php
Personally, I'd like to see more MAGAtards rage on flights. That'll get them all banned and then I don't have to be surrounded by their ignorance and mouth breathing when I travel.
Still funny that the party of 'law & order' and 'personal responsibility' has zero ability to follow some simple rules.
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