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Tri-Valley Congressman Eric Swalwell announced bipartisan legislation March 29 that would place airline passengers convicted or fined in air rage incidents on a “No Fly” list, preventing them from ever
>> he spat and got in my face and sucker-punched me in the eye. >> reporter: despite an end to the controversial mask mandate, the faa investigated 831 cases of unruly passengers, more than 2 each day, compared to 146 cases in all of 2019. most recently a passenger allegedly tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck. faa chief billy nolen with lester. >> if you act up in flight, we're going to come after you. >> reporter: while airlines routinely ban disruptive passengers, new bipartisan legislation would create a national no-fly list managed by the tsa. a passenger banned on one airline would be banned on all. >> if you commit violence in the skies, you will no longer fly. >> make sure that those people can never come anywhere near any airport in this country ever again. >> reporter: while the white house, flight attendants, and pilots unions support a national do-not fly list, some, but not all, airlines are on board. the question now, will congress pass the legislation? lester. >> okay, tom, thank you. a new threat next from impostor scams
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i'm talking about every day people who cause problems on planes agitated passengers arguing with flight attendants or overly intoxicated flyers acting belligerent, even violent during flights. the f.a.a. says last year there were nearly six times the number of unruly passenger incidents than there were in 2019. now, members of congress are reintroducing legislation to do something about it nbc's tom costello has more. >> their safety has to come fi first. >> on the steps of the capital, flight attendants came to plead for help and tell their stories of being attacked by passengers. southwest passenger, jennifer vitalo. >> i was hit in the head, knocked to the ground. >> reporter: cher taylor from frontier airlines, tried to stop an assault >> the racial slurs continues, i'm haunted by this incident. >> attacked on a flight from miami. >> he spat in my face, and