U.S. FAA to make zero tolerance unruly passenger policy permanent By Reuters


© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Airline passengers walk inside the Tampa International Airport, in Tampa, Florida, U.S., January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday the agency’s “zero tolerance policy” for addressing unruly passengers will become permanent even after a court ended transportation mask requirements.

Then FAA Administrator Steve Dickson first imposed the policy in January 2021 and later said it would remain as least as long as an order was in place requiring masks onboard airplanes. A federal judge on Monday struck the down the 14-month-old transportation mask policy.

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