Concerns Mount Around Secondary Flight Deck Barrier Concerns
Along with the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on the Aviation hearing about the surge in air rage and its effect on workers, airlines, and airports, Air Line Pilots Association, International President Captain Joe DePete sent Subcommittee Chair Rick Larsen (pictured) a letter discussing the perceived lack of action by the FAA on issuing a regulation requiring secondary flight deck barriers on all newly manufactured airliners. The letter thanks Larsen for the hearing, “On behalf of the more than 61,000 members of the Air Line Pilots Association, I would like to thank you for highlighting the increasing safety threat posed by disruptive airline passeng