Identifying and controlling threatening airline passengers

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 6-23

  Berkley, Blair J ^a   Ala, Mohammad ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27144551368     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-8804(01)80041-0     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Problems of Passenger Interference with Flight Crews and a Review of H.R. 3064, the Carry-on Baggage Reduction Act of 1997: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, 105th Congress (1998), p. 101 (statement of Captain Stephen Luckey, chairman, National Security Committee, Air Line Pilots Association). Captain Luckey based his conclusion on the fact that no U.S. aircraft were hijacked or sabotaged during 1997 while "thousands" of flights experienced episodes of passenger interference.
2. See: 49 U.S.C. §44701(d)(1)(A) (1994), which states in part "the duty of an air carrier [is] to provide service with the highest possible degree of safety in the public interest"; American Jurisprudence, Second Series, Vol. 14 (2000), Carriers §871; and
3. D.E. Buckner, "Air Cameras Common or Private Carrier, and Resulting Duties as to Passengers' Safety," American Law Reports, Second Series, Vol. 73 (1960), pp. 346-371.
4. See: Holton v. Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 21 N.E.2d 251, 252 (Mass. 1939);
5. Ricci v. American Airlines, No. A-543-87T1, 21 Av. Cas. (CCH) 17,842 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 14, 1988);
6. and Franklin v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry. Co., 54 S.E. 578, 580 (S.C. 1906).
7. See, for example: Lopez v. S. Cal. Rapid Transit District, 710 P.2d 907, 912 (Cal. 1985).
8. J.H. Cooper, "Liability of Carrier to Passenger for Assault by Third Person," American Law Reports, Second Series, Vol. 77 (1961), pp. 504-533.