Aviation Security
Aviation Security
Since September 11, 2001, we all know that the threat of terrorism has been on high alert. However, in today's world airlines also have the threat of everyday passengers. Incidents involving onboard disturbances and unruly behavior have become far too frequent over the past few years, especially involving intoxicated passengers being aggressive and anti-social onboard aircraft, which is a criminal offense (2020). In 2021 the FAA reported 5,981 unruly passengers with 4,290 of those being mask-related (March 2022). Other issues were passengers that consumed too much alcohol and became combative. Crews are not trained to be combatants but crews are trained to recognize intoxicated passengers before they board, however, there are those that "get through the cracks" and board. During the checkpoint with TSA is where this can first be prevented in which TSA does a good job to the best of their ability with what they are given. Also as anyone who has traveled knows there are bars past security that serves alcohol. This is when the crews need to step in and have security or even law enforcement remove the passenger. On the other hand, some people can handle their alcohol better than others and board. In this case, they continue to drink on the airplane past their threshold point. This is where I would remove alcohol from flights. From my military experience and receiving multiple flight physicals we are taught that alcohol and flying do not mix. The use of air marshals is not used on every domestic flight. TSA uses a "threat-based matrix" to strategically deploy and place marshals on flights (August 2021). To combat the unruly passengers in general, I would propose to increase the pay for air marshals to be a more desirable position and place them on every flight.
2021 Unruly Passenger Data. (2022, March 1). https://www.faa.gov/data_research/passengers_cargo/unruly_passengers/2021_archive/
https://pilot-network.com/news/biggest-threats-aviation-right-now
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