Drank, vaped, fined

NHWannabe said:
Start putting these aholes on a no-fly list and it will only take a couple of people having to travel via Greyhound to get this crapola to stop.
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can’t the airlines already refuse to sell them a ticket? This really should be a matter for the company that owns the planes. And when it involves assaults and other criminal acts, the police.
 
Kritchlow said:
Make sure you watch to the end. She comes back and swings a pole.
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Sounds quite prosecutable. I don’t think this will get any better for a while. Sorry.

My wife does not like flying in small planes. But given the whole set of restrictions these days with the TSA, masks, crazy passengers, etc I think she is seeing the value of a longer GA flight compared to sitting cramped up for hours on end in a commercial jet.
 
Hang 4 said:
At the risk of another "can you log PIC time?" argument, how are the police able to prosecute a crime that occurs interstate? Some asshat takes a swing at an FA over Kansas, plane lands in LA, who has jurisdiction? Think that might be why FAA is levying fines. @Kritchlow or other ATP's, how does that work?
As a former frequent flyer, I have no sympathy for folks that can't sit still for a few hours without throwing a fit.
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This was actually one of the original reasons given for passing the laws making many crimes on aircraft a Federal crime back in 1962. Same law where they also outlawed carriage of firearms on all aircraft (though I have not been able to find any discussion of the 2nd amendment implications of that at the time).

I think the local police can arrest you for committing a Federal crime. It would just be tried in Federal court rather than in a county court. I think they can also arrest you on a warrant from another jurisdiction. So in the example given, if it were not a Federal crime, the captain or some airline representative would need to contact a Kansas judge and request a warrant, the local police could arrest upon arrival. Easier to do today obviously than in 1962.

I assume the airline just calls the local airport police and they meet the plane at the gate. But clearly the other ATPs can comment directly from experience.
 
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