Is it time for a national no-fly list for unruly passengers? | Opinion
A jet waits to take off before the setting sun at DFW Airport, February 15, 2023.There are places where violence can be particularly destructive. Inside a fuselage jammed with people flying at 600 mph at 30,000 feet is certainly one of them.
But too many people are still attacking crew members or fellow passengers on planes. As our skies fill up with spring breakers this month, it’s a good time to ask: Should Congress create a national “no fly list” of disruptive and dangerous passengers? The number of incidents plummeted to just over 2,400 in 2022 after the FAA dispensed with issuing warnings to out-of-control passengers and stepped up enforcement instead. Mask mandates were also removed in April.
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian last year called on the federal government to create a national no-fly list of passengers convicted of crimes related to onboard disruptions. Airlines maintain their own banned passengers lists but say they can’t share them with each other due to privacy concerns. So unruly passengers can bounce from one airline to another.
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