Pete Buttigieg says no-fly list is "on the table" for violent anti-maskers on planes
Pete Buttigieg says no-fly list is “on the table” for violent anti-maskers on planes
With a sharp increase in violence on planes this year, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said there's "absolutely no excuse for this kind of treatment of flight crews in the air."
By Molly Sprayregen Monday, November 1, 2021
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/pete-buttigieg-says-no-fly-list-table-violent-anti-maskers-planes/
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In the midst of a rise in violent incidents on airplanes, out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said adding violent and unruly passengers to the no-fly list “should be on the table.”
During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Buttigieg emphasized that “it is completely unacceptable to mistreat, abuse, or even disrespect flight crews.
“These flight attendants have been on the front lines of the pandemic from day one,” he continued, “and they’re up there, as the announcement always says, for your safety. There is absolutely no excuse for this kind of treatment of flight crews in the air, or any of the essential workers, from bus drivers to air crews, who get people to where they need to be.”
In the interview, State of the Union co-anchor Dana Bash asked Buttigieg about the possibility of a no-fly list in the context of a recent American Airlines flight that was diverted when a flight attendant suffered broken bones, including in her face, after being assaulted by a passenger.
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Long time in the making! 
I guess individual airlines are creating their own "no fly" lists, so it is being done to a certain extent.
My very favorite, though, is the idea of duct taping an idiot to his seat. 
I am quite sure it is a federal offense to 'tamper with' the smoke detectors in the 'lavatories."
Why are they called lavatories? They're bathrooms, or rather the toilet..
... and enacting their own policies that allow them to ban passengers within the realm of that which they have control. Namely, their own airline (and feeder airlines). It's imperfect and the banned passenger can certainly fly on another airline, but I imagine that being banned from ONE airline can have a humbling effect on some individuals (especially if they don't want to risk being banned for life on another airline).
The "OMG, do something right fucking now" is certainly an understandable emotion, but along with that are frequent insinuations (here and elsewhere) that our leadership, cabinet, and agency heads are twiddling their thumbs and gazing at their navels... either frightened or incompetent... well, it's just too much. Sigh.
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Hi, Ocelot II!! Have a great week!
and if that happens there won't be an immediate need for a federal one. It's currently a crime to interfere with an air crew, and the FAA can assess a large civil fine for in-flight maskholery, but that doesn't seem to be stopping some people, especially if alcohol is involved. I'd be all in favor of a system-wide no-fly list, which already exists for suspected foreign terrorists, but motivation doesn't matter when somebody is beating on a flight attendant or otherwise interfering with the safety of a flight. If the airlines share their asshole lists while the government enacts a federal rule, so much the better. What airline would even want those passengers anyway?
And a good week to you, too!
Thank you Transportation Sec Pete Buttigieg!
on the drawing board - we've located the issue, time to remove it.
