This holiday travel week could be busier than Thanksgiving and is complicated by a surge in Covid-19 cases and passengers who refuse to wear masks
This holiday travel season marks the end of what has been a turbulent year for air travelers and possibly an exacerbation of problems stemming fromThere has been a sharp rise in airline passengers breaking rules. A majority of the incidents involve people refusing to comply with the face-mask requirement, among other offenses.
Total fines proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration for bad behavior surpassed $1 million this year. A large share of the people who have incurred penalties have been able to show that they don’t have the financial assets to pay the full amount. The FAA doesn’t prosecute criminal cases, though it does refer some cases to the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation. It has also asked airports to coordinate more closely with local law enforcement in its response to the rise in incidents.
Over half of the more than $1 million in fines were for cases in which a passenger refused to comply with the. Many of the fines for refusing to wear a mask involved a passenger committing other violations.At least 16 fines involved unauthorized use ofSix fines were for violations that includeddelayed or divertedNote: Some case descriptions have been shortened.
There have been more than 1,000 investigations this year into various offenses and more than 300 enforcement cases. That compares with the fewer than 100 proposed fines.
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