飞机上的侵略行为正飙升至令人不安的高点。

航空公司现在已经向公众报告了3000起乘客捣乱事件联邦航空管理局(美国联邦航空局)今年，绝大多数(2300人)涉及拒绝戴口罩的人。

美国联邦航空局正在调查自1995年开始记录以来最高数量的违反联邦法律的不守规矩的乘客案件。该机构今年发现了394起乘客因“干扰机组人员的职责”而可能违法的案件。

这是2020年调查案件数量的两倍多，是2019年的两倍半。

美国联邦航空局局长史蒂夫·迪克森上个月告诉美国广播公司新闻，“在典型的一年里，该机构将在大约100到160起执法案件中采取这种执法行动，因此这并不是什么新鲜事。”“真正新鲜的是我们现在看到的音量。”

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美国联邦航空局局长史蒂夫·迪克森在一次预演中回答了关于他试飞波音737 MAX的问题

那些在前线的人不仅目睹了航班中断的增加，还目睹了它们变得更加暴力。

在最近的一次事故中，达美航空公司的一次跨国航班在一名不守规矩的乘客后转向俄克拉荷马州据警方称，据称制造了恐怖威胁并袭击了两名空乘人员。

俄克拉荷马市警方发言人杰梅因·约翰逊说，嫌疑人斯蒂芬·贾马尔·邓肯据称说，他将于周五晚上在飞机从洛杉矶飞往亚特兰大的途中将其击落。联邦调查局正在调查这一事件。

两周前，另一名不守规矩的乘客据称打了一名西南航空公司空姐的脸，打掉了她的两颗门牙。

代表西南航空公司空乘人员的工会发言人林恩·蒙哥马利(Lyn Montgomery)说:“这是我听说过的最令人震惊的事情。”。“难以置信，很难理解对我们机组人员的攻击程度。似乎当人们登上飞机时，他们会比以前感到更加愤怒。”

联邦航空局局长在一月份签署了一项命令，指示该机构采取“零容忍政策”在不守规矩的乘客案件中——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。该政策在3月份得到了延长。

蒙哥马利告诉美国广播公司新闻，自该机构开始打击以来，她的病例没有减少。

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2021年5月25日，一架西南航空公司的飞机停在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的罗纳德·里根国家机场。

“它们似乎在升级，”她说。“这就是我们要求额外帮助的原因。”

随着飞行人数接近大流行前的水平，她希望美国航空公司更经常地利用他们的内部禁飞名单。

一名发言人说，西南航空限制了打空姐脸的乘客“再次乘坐西南航空公司的飞机，她被告知这是最终决定”。

西南航空公司和美国航空公司都推迟了酒精销售的恢复，以直接应对飞行中争吵的激增。

蒙哥马利说:“当然，从发生的事件数量来看，你可以知道为什么空乘人员会对飞机上再次开始出售酒类持怀疑态度。”。

3,000 unruly passengers so far this year -- 2,300 cases over mask wearing: FAA

Acts of aggression are skyrocketing to troubling highs on airplanes.

Airlines have now reported 3,000 cases of disruptive passengers to theFederal Aviation Administration(FAA) this year, and the vast majority -- 2,300 -- involve people who refused to wear a mask.

The FAA is investigating the highest number of potential violations of federal law in unruly passenger cases since they began keeping records in 1995. The agency has identified 394 cases this year where passengers have potentially broken the law by "interfering with the duties of a crew member."

This is more than double the amount of cases investigated in 2020 and two and half times the amount in 2019.

"In a typical year the agency will end up taking this type of enforcement action in about 100 to 160 enforcement cases so it's nothing new," FAA Chief Steve Dickson told ABC News last month. "What really is new is the volume that we're seeing right now."

Those on the front lines have not only witnessed the increase in flight disruptions, but they've seen them become more violent.

In one of the most recent incidents, a cross-country Delta flight wasdiverted to Oklahoma after an unruly passengerallegedly made terroristic threats and assaulted two flight attendants, according to police.

The suspect, Stephon Jamar Duncan, allegedly said he was going to take down the plane Friday evening while it was en route from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Oklahoma City police spokesman Jermaine Johnson said. The incident is now being investigated by the FBI.

Two weeks ago, another unruly passenger allegedly punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face, knocking her two front teeth out.

"It tops the chart of the most egregious things I've ever heard of," Lyn Montgomery, a spokesperson for the union that represents Southwest flight attendants, said. "It's unbelievable and really hard to understand the level of aggression that has been exhibited towards our flight crews. It just seems that when people get on board an aircraft they're feeling more angry than they used to feel."

The head of the FAA signed an order in January directing the agencyto 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. That policy was extended in March.

Montgomery told ABC News she has not seen a decrease in cases since the agency started cracking down.

"They seem to be escalating," she said. "And that is why we're asking for additional help."

As the number of people flying approaches pre-pandemic levels, she wants U.S.airlinesto utilize their internal no-fly lists more often.

Southwest restricted the passenger who punched the flight attendant in the face from "ever flying on Southwest Airlines again, and she has been advised this decision is final," a spokesperson said.

Both Southwest and American Airlines have postponed the resumption of alcohol sales in direct response to the spike of in-flight altercations.

"Certainly with the number of incidents you can tell why flight attendants would feel leery about beginning to sell alcohol onboard the aircraft again," Montgomery said.