Delta wants to share no-fly lists to keep wrong passengers out

Like we need more trouble, Passengers to Hell is a thing now (or more than before, anyway). They assault flight attendants, to throw food and alcohol around, and throw away their masks on the ground. Delta Air Lines has apparently had enough.

In two internal memos to employees this week, Delta said he asked his competitors to share their internal no-fly lists, which he says would prevent crappy passengers from causing trouble on different airlines. The company has so far submitted more than 600 names of banned passengers to the Federal Aviation Administration this year.

The memos were sent out the same week as Delta participated, through the Airlines for America industry trade group, in a hearing on “the rage of the air” held by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Thursday.

Kristen Manion Taylor, senior vice president of in-flight services, said in her memo that Delta has more than 1,600 people on its internal no-fly list. She added that the company had analyzed the safety of its flights in recent months and would deploy additional measures on training and response on board.

“We have also asked other airlines to share their no-fly lists to further protect airline employees across the industry – something we know is a priority for you as well,” Taylor said.. “A banned customer list doesn’t work as well if that customer can travel with another airline.”

However, how this information sharing would work is unclear. Asked by the Washington postDelta did not say whether internal listings should be shared through the federal government or directly with other airlines.

According to SOME, the majority of issues with unruly passengers this year have been linked to individuals refusing to comply with federal mask mandates. Since January, the agency has received around 3,889 reports of unruly passengers. Of these, 2,867 involved the mask warrant. In August, the FAA fined the passengers more than $ 1 million for their bad behavior.

At the hearing, Lauren Beyer, Vice President for Security and Facilitation at Airlines for America, said that “there are legal and operational challenges with airlines sharing these lists with each other,” the Post reported.

In response, committee chairman Peter DeFazio, Democrat of Oregon, questioned whether it would be possible for the FAA to create a database with information from the no-fly lists of airlines to which all companies could access. Nonetheless, the FAA did not commit to the idea on Friday, telling the Post it was meeting with airports, airlines, unions and others to discuss steps he could take to deal with unruly passengers.