DOJ charges Delta passenger with federal crimes after accusing him of punching a flight attendant and trying to breach the cockpit

if his actions constitute crimes, if he is convicted in court as such, then the penalities for those actions must be what the law proscribes, else more morons like him or like the ladies who do these things too ought to be severe, financially and confinement-wise too. The public is watching what the FAA regulators and the Department of Justice do here. THe FAA is especially impotent in the past, saying these offenses will not be tolerated- and then the offenses are tolerated by lack of follow through. The DOJ acts like the departent of the obtuse, so far, and now it is time to make examples and inmates of those who endanger other passengers or crew. Enough......Or, repeal the laws and keep on ignoring the oversight responsibilities further.

This type of behavior is getting to be a more and more weekly story on airplanes..people just seem to be getting more and more aggressive in their behavior in a lots of place,not just on airplanes, and the courtesy and respect for others we seemingly used to have, has disappeared..the people who attack flight crew members verbally or physically, i am gyessing are just angry about everythong in general in their lives,and have no idea what consequences they face for their actions..it will get worse before it gets better..

Me thinks the prison/correctional industrial complex has a lot to do with massive prison
population!

Happens everywhere! Women getting popped on subways in NYC and bystanders, probably including her boyfriend, did nothing but play cinematographer. I hope I would do the right thing if faced with actions such as this and I was able to intervene but I am just not sure.

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When the flying public decides to take the train or stay at home, THEN and probably ONLY THEN, something will happen. As usual, it all comes down to money here in the US>

The airlines need to make a PSA at the beginning of each flight concerning these
disruptive actions. "If you interfere with a flight crew, you will be charged with a federal crime and if convicted, a mandatory prison sentence".

How many million$ of taxpayer dollars were paid to the whining airlines through the pandemic who love to pose themselves and their employees as victims. I'm done being victimized by excessively expensive fares & terrible customer service and will not travel by airborne cattle car. Here's another thought to ponder, all of the airlines who've purchased Boeing MAX 80 have done so for economic rather than safety reasons so perhaps a good ass-kicking for Delta and other airlines' executives is the ticket to get their sorry asses to get their priorities straight.

I wonder how many of these incidents started over a mask issue. Some folks can get triggered when they are ordered to do something they feel is stupid in the first place. I’m not trying to start a discussion about the effectiveness of masks, just that is a sore point with many folks, and when “ordered “ to comply, the issue escalates. I’ll bet when the mask requirement is removed, these incidents will decrease.