Aviation Bill Would Provide Flight Attendants to Train for Self-defense at Airlines' Expense

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Aviation Bill Would Provide Flight Attendants to Train for Self-defense at Airlines’ Expense

23 Aug, 2023 Liz Carey

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – A provision of one of the Aviation Reauthorization bills pending in Congress would provide flight attendants with training to protect themselves from attacks.

While attacks on flight attendants have increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, self-defense training has been on the minds of flight crew members since the 9/11 attacks, officials said. Now, part of the Aviation reauthorization bills would require airlines to train flight attendants on how to “subdue and restrain” attackers and to defend themselves against weapons.

Since 2020, attacks on flight attendants have hit record highs. On August 8, the Federal Aviation Administration referred another 22 unruly passenger cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal prosecution review. The referral bring to 39 the total for 2023 and more than 270 since 2021.

In 2021, there were nearly 6,000 incidents of unruly passengers reported to the FAA. Those incidents fell to 2,455 in 2022, and 1,281 so far this year.

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[mitch96]

1. And if your a "red blooded M'rican" you can just issue them M-16's!!

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

2. As a pilot, I'm 1000% in support