The comment by the Transportation Secretary on CNN follows a serious assault on an American Airlines attendant.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said that blacklisting violent airplane passengers should be considered. Buttigieg was asked on CNN for his take on the reported attack of an American Airlines attendant during a flight from New York City to Orange County, California. The passenger punched the flight crew member who had been moving through the first-class cabin, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said. The plane was diverted to Denver and the passenger was arrested. The airline’s chief executive Doug Parker described last Wednesday’s attack as “one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we’ve ever witnessed.” Within the context of a spike of incidents involving unruly passengers, Buttigieg was asked on State of the Union if there should be a federal no-fly list.
