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Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that violent airline passengers being put on a no-fly list “should be on the table.”
“The [Federal Aviation Administration] stands strongly with flight crews. It’s why you’re seeing some really harsh penalties and fines being proposed,” Buttigieg said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“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 aircrews who get people to where they need to be,” he continued.Buttigieg went on to say that it is “completely unacceptable to mistreat, abuse, or even disrespect flight crews,” noting that flight attendants “have been on the frontlines of the pandemic from day one.”This comes after an American Airlines flight was diverted last week following an assault of a flight attendant. A passenger was arrested when the plane, […]
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