Three more airlines have followed Delta’s example by saying they will ban passengers on flights to Washington, DC, carrying weapons in their checked bag before the president-elect Joe Biden
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United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines will impose the rules from Saturday to January 23, according to The Associated Press.
American will take the additional step of banning alcohol consumption on flights to and from DC from Saturday to Thursday, while several carriers will also move their crews out of the accommodation to downtown Washington, according to the AP.
Security and safety measures around the day of the inauguration have intensified since last week’s deadly alteration at the Capitol, which killed five people.
The Federal Aviation Administration has also announced that it will stop issuing a warning to passengers attacking crew members or passengers, but will proceed directly to refer them to law enforcement.
Sara Nelson, the influential head of the Flight Assistants Association-CWA, has called for those accused of participating in the riot to be placed on the federal list of no-fly flights, which an FBI official said on earlier this week is being considered.
There have also been at least two incidents since the revolt of lawmakers who were harassed at airports, including several people holding back the senator. Mitt Romney
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Days later, Sen. Lindsay Graham (RS.C.) was harassed at Washington’s Reagan National Airport for her refusal to join some Republicans in a congressional challenge to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Air safety expert Jeffrey Price of Denver Metropolitan State University said those measures still put too much on the shoulders of the flight crew and that more air marshals were needed on flights to Washington.
“There have been too many incidents of flight interruptions and one should not expect the flight crew to handle them, lest they become violent,” he told the AP.