No-Fly list does not yet include people in viral videos removed from planes, TSA says

No-Fly list does not yet include people in viral videos removed from planes, TSA says

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Although at least one member of Congress and airline trade unions have called for well-known rioters to be placed on the FBI-led flight list, designed to prevent well-known and suspected terrorists from getting plane tickets, it is not clear whether the move was taken.

The FBI did not respond to a request for comment.

Federal officials and DC police are still working to track down and track down many of the rioters, though at least 20 federal criminal defendants have been arrested across the country.
When a person is placed on the federal list for airplane levels, they will be stopped according to the TSA or undergo an additional investigation.
This means that the footage widely circulated of angry travelers being forced off planes or in a terminal scream is unlikely to respond to news that they have suddenly been placed on the federal government’s no-fly list, according to the TSA. On the contrary, it is more likely to be a well-known issue that has plagued airlines for months: flight attendants and airline workers are being forced to deal with situations in which angry passengers refuse to comply with the Covid-19 safety policy.
Although airline executives said the vast majority of passengers were following the rules, carriers wearing masks who refused to wear protective gear disrupted flights in several notable cases.
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Last year, airlines warned passengers that they could apply their own flight lists intended to fly disorderly customers in the future. Hundreds of passengers are currently on those lists.
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However, airlines and two unions representing the air hostess said they were concerned about flight safety as the pro-Trump insurgents who stormed the U.S. capital last week left Washington area – especially after several airstrikes. to DC ahead. of the uprising.

“We are incredibly concerned about recent politically motivated incidents aboard passenger planes,” said APFA President Julie Hedrick. “Regardless of political beliefs, the cockpit of a commercial aircraft must necessarily be a tranquil environment for the safety of everyone on board.”

Alaska Airlines said in a statement that a day after the riot, it banned 14 passengers aboard a flight from DC to Seattle because they refused to wear masks and were “loud, argumentative and harassing our crew members” has’.

Alaska has said it has banned a total of 302 passengers so far for violating its mask policy since it went into effect on August 7.

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The airlines do not necessarily share their flight list with each other. Delta CEO, for example, said last month that about 700 people are on the company’s list of no flying. The inconsistency means that riotous passengers can easily book flights with different planes.

Meanwhile, union representatives are asking the FBI to add as many rioters as possible to the non-flying federal list, and are urging federal regulators to do more to discourage dangerous or disturbing behavior on flights.

“Airline and law enforcement agencies have stepped up security at Washington area airports this week following reports of ‘mob behavior’ on flights in and out of the region around Wednesday’s siege of the U.S. Capitol,” according to a January 9 statement from the Association of Air Hostess. “Every airline that has flown out of the region over the past few days has experienced incidents on board. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss), chairman of the House of Security Services, called on TSA and the FBI on Thursday. to add ‘violent perpetrators’ who participated in the Capitol riots on the federal list without flying. “

Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said in a statement on Monday that he insisted the FAA and its administrator, Stephen Dickson, ” limit the country’s commercial airline system to be used as a means of mass. transport to Washington, DC, for further violence in connection with the inauguration. ‘

The FAA has issued a separate statement announcing that “improper conduct on an aircraft could violate federal law” and could result in imprisonment and fines of up to $ 35,000.

Additional reporting by Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean.

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