By Terry Castleman
From Los Angeles Times
With air travel recovering from the pandemic, a new study found that bad behavior among airline passengers has continued to rise.
A new analysis by the International Air Transport Association shows that unruly passenger incidents on airplanes increased 47 percent from 2021 to 2022, from one incident per 835 flights to one incident per 568 flights.
Though incidents of physical abuse often draw the most attention, the most common types of incidents were “non-compliance, verbal abuse and intoxication,” according to the report. Other misdeeds included bringing outside alcoholic drinks into the cabin, failing to wear a seat belt and packing too much baggage….