一月份,COVID-19大流行仍然肆虐,联邦航空管理局(FAA)管理员史蒂夫·迪克森签署了一项“零容忍”的顺序,呼吁更严格的处罚乘客”攻击,威胁,恐吓,或干扰性能的组员组员的职责。”In March, the order was extended for at least as long as the federal mask mandate remains in place.
“面具授权的主要原因仍是到位是因为并不是所有人都在我们的飞机是接种疫苗。甚至每个人都有获得疫苗,对吧?”Garland explains. "So it's protecting every single person onboard. And, also, transportation has a responsibility to make sure we're not contributing to the spread of any [coronavirus] variants or things like that."
一群航空公司利益相关者,包括几个工会代表飞行员和空乘人员,最近致信美国司法部长梅里克花环要求更多做处理的乘客,包括“完全和公诉的板载的暴力行为。”Some 465 investigations into assault or threats of assault on crewmembers are ongoing.