Airline groups want the Justice Department to punish unruly passengers
A coalition of airline trade and labor groups on Monday wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson asking that the Justice Department handle the most heinous cases of unruly passengers. "We respectfully request that the FAA refer abhorrent cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ) so that the federal government may fully, swiftly and publicly prosecute criminal acts to the fullest extent of the law and deter this dangerous and concerning behavior," wrote Nick Calio, CEO of Airlines For America. The FAA said in a Monday statement that the zero-tolerance policy remains in place "and we will continue to work with local law enforcement and the DOJ to make it clear that unsafe and unruly behavior simply does not fly." Authorities have received more than 3,000 reports of unruly airplane passengers so far this year, and the majority of those involve face mask rules, the FAA said last week. The sharp spike in misbehaving and even violent passengers includes 2,300 reports that passengers refused to comply with the federal requirement to wear face masks on airplanes. <br/>
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Airline groups want the Justice Department to punish unruly passengers
A coalition of airline trade and labor groups on Monday wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson asking that the Justice Department handle the most heinous cases of unruly passengers. "We respectfully request that the FAA refer abhorrent cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ) so that the federal government may fully, swiftly and publicly prosecute criminal acts to the fullest extent of the law and deter this dangerous and concerning behavior," wrote Nick Calio, CEO of Airlines For America. The FAA said in a Monday statement that the zero-tolerance policy remains in place "and we will continue to work with local law enforcement and the DOJ to make it clear that unsafe and unruly behavior simply does not fly." Authorities have received more than 3,000 reports of unruly airplane passengers so far this year, and the majority of those involve face mask rules, the FAA said last week. The sharp spike in misbehaving and even violent passengers includes 2,300 reports that passengers refused to comply with the federal requirement to wear face masks on airplanes. <br/>
