不守规矩的乘客在达美航空的航班上今年12月，该公司正面临美国最高法院提出的最大一笔罚款联邦航空管理局今年，高达52，500美元。

据该机构称，这名乘客在从檀香山飞往西雅图的航班上试图打开驾驶舱门，然后打了一名空姐的脸，把他们推到了地板上。

乘务员和飞机上的另一名乘客设法给这位不守规矩的乘客戴上了塑料手铐，但他后来挣脱出来，设法第二次打了乘务员的脸。

美国联邦航空局表示，飞机在西雅图降落后，警方登上飞机并拘留了这名乘客。

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在这张2021年3月6日的档案照片中，一个标志显示了美国联邦航空管理局(FAA)的标志

该机构表示:“联邦法律禁止干涉机组人员，禁止对机组人员或飞机上的任何人进行人身攻击或威胁进行人身攻击。”。

美国联邦航空局表示，自2月1日以来，已有超过1300起不守规矩的乘客案件。该机构发起了大约20起执法案件。

“自2020年12月初以来，每10万名乘客中的事故数量和事故率大幅上升，”美国联邦航空局在上个月对美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中表示。

美国联邦航空局局长史蒂夫·迪克森，在一月，首先签署订单指示该机构对不守规矩的乘客案件采取“零容忍政策”——在没有警告的情况下给予更严厉的惩罚，包括高达35，000美元的罚款和监禁。

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在这张2020年6月17日的档案照片中，联邦航空管理局局长史蒂夫·迪克森作证

迪克森在3月份延长了美国联邦航空局对不守规矩乘客的零容忍政策。

迪克森说:“我们看到的病例数量仍然太高，这告诉我们仍然需要采取紧急行动。”。

根据美国联邦航空局的说法，一名因不守规矩的行为而面临民事处罚的乘客有多种选择，包括支付全额罚款或对此提出质疑。

FAA proposes $52,500 fine against unruly passenger

An unruly passengeron a Delta flightin December is now facing the largest proposed fine from theFederal Aviation Administrationthis year -- a whopping $52,500.

According to the agency, the passenger tried to open the cockpit door on the flight from Honolulu to Seattle before striking a flight attendant in the face and pushing them to the floor.

Flight attendants and another passenger on the flight managed to place plastic handcuffs on the unruly passenger, but he later freed himself and managed to hit the flight attendant in the face a second time.

The FAA said police boarded the plane after it landed in Seattle and took the passenger into custody.

"Federal law prohibits interfering with aircraft crew or physically assaulting or threatening to physically assault aircraft crew or anyone else on an aircraft," the agency said.

The FAA said there have been more than 1,300 unruly passenger cases since Feb. 1. The agency initiated approximately 20 enforcement cases.

"The number of incidents and rate of incidents per 100,000 passengers is up sharply since the beginning of December 2020," the FAA said in a statement to ABC News last month.

FAA Chief Steve Dickson, in January,first signed the orderdirecting the agency to take a "zero-tolerance policy" in unruly passenger cases -- handing down stricter punishments without a warning, including fines of up to $35,000 and imprisonment.

Dickson extended the FAA's unruly-passenger zero-tolerance policy in March.

"The number of cases we’re seeing is still far too high and it tells us urgent action continues to be required," Dickson said.

A passenger who faces a civil penalty for unruly behavior has a number of options, according to the FAA, including paying the full penalty or contesting it.