FAA to fine a passenger $45k for throwing luggage and putting his head up a flight attendant's skirt

[marmar]

Sounds like assault to me.....


Shortly after departure from New York on May 24, a JetBlue passenger was accused of throwing his carry-on luggage, lying down in the aisle and refusing to get up, and grabbing a flight attendant by the ankles and sticking his head up her skirt.

After the crew restrained him with zip-ties, the plane diverted to Richmond, Virginia, where he was removed.

He may be fined $45,000, according to the latest announcement of proposed civil penalties released today from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The JetBlue passenger was just one of 34 against whom the FAA proposed fines against on Thursday for a total of $531,545, bringing the total for 2021 to more than $1 million. ......................(more)

https://www.businessinsider.com/faa-fines-for-unruly-passengers-top-1m-this-year-2021-8

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

Another JetBlue passenger on a cross-country flight was accused of refusing to comply with the mask mandate, assaulting passengers, and snorting "what appeared to be cocaine from a plastic bag" before the flight was diverted to Minneapolis, where he was removed by law enforcement. He received a $42,000 fine.

While the vast majority of incidents were with male passengers, some women behaved badly too. One woman was accused of intentionally bumping into a seated passenger, then punching that passenger in the face when they protested.

Another woman was accused of throwing corn nuts at passengers and crew and shoving her middle fingers in the faces of crew members who asked her to stop.

On an Alaskan Airlines flight, one man was alleged to have harassed the crew and "acted as though his hand was a gun and made a 'pew-pew' noise as if he was shooting a fellow passenger." He was kicked off the flight and received a $10,000 fine.

[Mosby]

2. No due process

All these fines are going to result in litigation.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I do not work at the FAA, but in the case of another regulatory agency I can think of,

disputes over fines issued by that regulatory agency end up in front of an administrative law judge. I'm guessing that's what happens to FAA fines too.

[samnsara]

3. ooo his mommy is gonna be proud of her pig-son

[Irish_Dem]

4. There should be federal laws against disrupting a flight.

And there are laws against the behaviors this man displayed against a female.

Why wasn't this guy arrested?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. The FAA is a regulatory agency. It does not arrest people.

Local law enforcement, or federal marshals, I don't know, take care of that in addition to any FAA-imposed fines.

[Irish_Dem]

12. I didn't mean airline staff would make arrests. But local, state and federal officials.

[Grins]

9. There are!!!

I’m a pilot and those laws have been there for decades. FEDERAL offenses!

[Irish_Dem]

13. Instead of fines, these folks need to be arrested as soon as the aircraft lands.

[flor-de-jasmim]

5. Guess United won't be reusing its slogan "Fly the friendly skies..."

[Grins]

8. Fines? Screw that!

How much time IN PRISON is he going to get?

[Vogon_Glory]

10. Zipity-do-dah, Zipity-do-dah, Zipity-day

They’ll bind you with zip-ties then take you away.

[stopdiggin]

11. you can't get away with this kind of behavior at a county fair

in Fuzzlebutt, Arkansas. (or a biker bash in Sturgis) What made you think you can pull it off on an airline flight?
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[GopherGal]

16. Preflight time in the airport bar?

Plus maybe a little TFG-era "free-dumb" entitlement?

[FlyingPiggy]

14. Ridiculous that he didn't have to serve time and do community service

IN ADDITION to that fine.

[marble falls]

15. Get.Every.Penny.He.Owes.