LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed another $ 531,545 in civil penalties against 34 airline passengers for alleged undisciplined behavior, bringing the total from 2021 to more than a million dollars.
Since January, the FAA claims to have received approximately 3,889 reports of undisciplined behavior by passengers, including some 2,867 reports of passengers refusing to comply with the federal facial mask mandate.
Today’s fines are part of the agency’s zero-tolerance campaign against unruly passenger behavior.
The new cases announced today that include Las Vegas in the itinerary are:
- $ 15,000 against a passenger on the same December 2, 2020, Frontier Airlines flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Denver, Colorado, for drinking alcohol that the airline did not serve him. He did so in front of flight attendants while being told he was against federal regulations for drinking his own alcohol. Law enforcement met the passenger at the door.
- $ 13,000 against a passenger on a January 29, 2021 Frontier Airlines flight from San Diego, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, for allegedly interfering with flight crew members after refusing to comply with the warrant the face mask and drink alcohol that the airline failed to serve him.
- $ 13,000 against a passenger on a February 2, 2021 Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, for allegedly interfering with flight crew members after refusing to comply with the instructions from the flight attendant to turn off the phone during takeoff; wear the face mask; and stop drinking alcohol that the airline did not serve him.
For the full list, visit FAA.gov.