Posted on 06/11/2024 10:24:34 AM PDT by DallasBiff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that unruly airline passenger incidents remain high, and the agency vowed to maintain a zero-tolerance policy.
There were 915 cases of unruly passengers reported in 2024 through June 9, including 106 cases of passenger disturbances due to intoxication, the FAA said. The number of unruly passengers spiked in 2021 to nearly 6,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of mask mandates -- including 4,290 mask-related incidents -- but still remain about twice that of 2020 or earlier levels.
Unruly passenger incidents fell last year by 15% to 2,075 as the FAA levied $7.5 million in fines, compared with 2,455 cases and $8.4 million in fines in 2022.
Growing concerns about unruly passengers come as airlines and the FAA are gearing up for a record summer of travel. Last month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.95 million airline passengers on May 24, the start of the long Memorial Day weekend, the highest number ever on a single day.
Masks that are proven to have not been effective.
But they enforced the "law" because of "science" even though the science shows no benefit to masking and plenty of harmful results.
Shaniquas and Karens take a toll on us all.
They are angry at the entire process - everything from long lines to the nonsensical security theater to the flight delays to the the $21 cocktails at the airport concession.
Can they do this without a disparate impact by race or sex or do those rules only apply to high level jobs?
I figure TSA must get a commission from YouTube, some funny stuff being posted!
Surprised it wasn’t immeasurable.
Who can blame people? It is among the worst experiences of bureaucracy. But of course the real bureaucrats don’t fly commercial so they don’t care.
Nixon gave us the EPA and W. Bush gave us the TSA.
The 17” wide seats and no legroom and having the seat in front of you recline does not help.
Yes, it sucks. I like to go to places. But it's a drag to go to the destination.
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