Travelated» airline policies http://travelated.com Empowering Travelers one Destination at a Time Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:22:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Unruly Passengers Face Harsher Punishment http://travelated.com/unruly-passengers-face-harsher-punishment http://travelated.com/unruly-passengers-face-harsher-punishment#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:56:16 +0000 Mike http://travelated.com/?p=199 Next time you fly, you can feel safer knowing that the punishment for unruly passengers is becoming more and more severe. The FAA reports an average of 80 unruly passenger aircraft incidents annually, with a total of over 900 over the past five years. These number don’t even reflect the all of the incidents, only the major ones. Many more less severe confrontations take place over delays, missing baggage, etc.

Confrontations can happen in many ways:

  • the most popular confrontation occurs when the flight attendant refuses to serve an already intoxicated passenger another beverage
  • failing to comply with airline policies, such as staying seated when the seat-belt light is on or turning off personal electronics when the plane is taking off or landing
  • fewer meals, snacks, and drinks, smaller seating space, more delays, more fees, and less fresh oxygen on board the aircraft are also triggers for confrontation

Interfering with a crew member can result in a civil penalty fine of up to $25,000. If criminal laws are also broken, the fine will be higher and jail time will most certainly be involved.

Source: www.cnn.com

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