Unruly passengers on flights continue despite ending of mask mandates. Senate looks at no-fly list.
Reports of air rage exploded in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic with 72% of outbursts involving face mask requirements on planes. That's prompted federal lawmakers including Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin to introduce the Protection From Abusive Passengers Act. It would require the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to create a no-fly list that bans travelers convicted of violence or intimidation on flights.
"When I as captain get a call from the back that there's a disruptive passenger ... who has assaulted a fight attendant or a passenger, my attention is taken away from the delicate balance of flying that aircraft," said APA spokesman Dennis Tajer, an Arlington Heights pilot. This year, passenger disruptions have fluctuated, spiking the week ending Jan. 8 to 2.2 per 10,000 flights. That was a period marked by storms and a Southwest Airlines computer meltdown causing thousands of cancellations.
"When the mask mandate was lifted, everyone thought things would go back to normal," said Susan Wroble of Wheaton, a negotiator with the Association of Professional Flight Attendants.
Tajer thinks that"what we're seeing now is airlines packing on more people than ever, tighter seating arrangements, airports packed. It's a pressure cooker."
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