5300 reports of unruly passengers by flight crews to the faa just this year alone. the faa has instituted enforcement action in 266 of those cases and it s referred 37 of those most extreme cases to the department of justice and those passengers are the ones who could face up to 25 years in prison. merrick garland says quote, passengers who assault, intimidate violence do more than harm those employees. they prevent the performance of krit cal duties for safe air travel. one thing we have to be thankful for are the flight attendants who have been on the front lines of this issue and the federal mask mandate. this is not over and we ll see how this pans out as more people come back to air travel. we re only at the start. that s how bad it s gotten.