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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday said it will be seeking more than $500,000 in fines from 34 passengers for "unruly behavior."
"The U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed another $531,545 in civil penalties against 34 airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior, bringing the total for 2021 to more than $1 million," the agency said in a press release.
These fines are part of the FAA'a zero-tolerance policy that it adopted earlier this year in light of a rise in reported incidents on flights. The incidents for which passengers are being fined occurred from December 2020 and May of this year.
The largest fine is $45,000 against a passenger on a jetBlue Airways flight in May who allegedly threw objects at other passengers, refused to stay in his seat, laid on the floor and put his head up a flight attendant's skirt.
Numerous fines were also levied against passengers who refused to wear a mask during their flights and reacting violently when asked to do so. The passengers have been given 30 days to respond to the FAA after receiving an enforcement letter.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/568565-faa-calling-for-500k-in-fines-against-unruly-airline
Jilly_in_VA
(9,938 posts)Hard jail time, and permanent no-fly lists would fix them all. Quit coddling the entitled bastards.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Seriously....acting like a tantrum-throwing toddler on a domestic or international flight is tantamount to terrorism these days - it CAN be deadly serious to some people and certainly frightening to others.
Act up, get off and stay off all planes forever...problem partially solved - there are always replacement morons it seems to pick up the slack...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)If they want to act like assholes let them pay the price. Stupidity has consequences.