There have been two international flights that returned to U.S. because of air rage episodes.
The latest involves a flight from New York area to Tel Aviv after two Israeli nationals decided to move from coach to business class seats.
I wonder what air travel will be like in the future. The airlines are flying planes with empty seats and then have to pay to turn them around as they enforce their pricing policies.
What can be done to prevent these episodes, which present needless delays for other travelers and prompt airline crews to question their choice of careers? Because I don’t see passengers becoming more patient as COVID continues to jam the works for practically everything.
The obvious solution is to charge them the full last-minute booking fee for the seats they stole. Presumably they used credit cards to buy the cheap seats, so the airline already has their account information. If not, authorities can hold them at their destination until they pay or are arrested for trespassing. If they were in the stolen seats upon landing, there's jurisdiction right there; if they were smart enough to move back to their own seats before triggering local jurisdiction, the airline might need to sue them for the fare plus court costs.
Sorry, throw them out the door of the plane while in mid-air!!
The obvious solution is to charge them the full last-minute booking fee for the seats they stole. Presumably they used credit cards to buy the cheap seats, so the airline already has their account information. If not, authorities can hold them at their destination until they pay or are arrested for trespassing. If they were in the stolen seats upon landing, there's jurisdiction right there; if they were smart enough to move back to their own seats before triggering local jurisdiction, the airline might need to sue them for the fare plus court costs.