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ceo scott kirby is putting the blame on the federal government, facing shortages of air traffic controllers. the faa frankly failed us this weekend, kirby said in a monday memo, citing an impact on 150,000 customers. united remains in the top spot for cancellations nationwide for the fifth straight day. tuesday, the carrier called for its own ground stop for its flights bound to its hub in newark. it is ridiculous to say that this is only the faa. reporter: sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants insists united needs to look at its own problems. flight attendants have waited on hold with the airline for hours to get their flight assignments. united could have planned for over a year to avoid this chaos that we re seeing right now. reporter: now the worry is whether airlines can handle the july 4th holiday rush with the threat of more storms looming. the transportation security administration is expecting 2.8 million people at airports nationwide this friday, the hi
they turned to a coffeepot to subdue him. this as even more unruly airline passengers are facing federal punishment. the faa is now handing 43 cases to the department of justice so it can bring charges against those accused of assaulting fellow passengers and flight crews both physically and in some cases sexually. if found guilty they could face jail time. the flight attendants who are working these flights have been punched, kicked, spit on, disrespected and constantly under assault. reporter: sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants says the numbers are off the charts. the now 80 total cases referred to the justice department make up only 1% of the 6,480 incidents reported by flight crews since the start of last year. until we have people actually landing in jail and understanding there s real consequences for acting out a flight we re not going to see these incidents go down. reporter: airlines have asked the justice department to keep
passengers have been shown in the past year. pete muntean has the story. reporter: faced with the photo of a man trying to open the door of a flight, they turned to a coffee pot to assist. he was charged and this is as more unruly airline passengers are facing punishment. the faa is handing 43 charges to the department of justice. they want them to bring charges. if found guilty they could face jail time. the flight attendants who are working these flights have been punched, kicked, spit on, disrespected and constantly under assault. reporter: sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants says the numbers are off the charts. the now 80 total cases referred
under assault. reporter: sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants say the numbers are off the charts. the now 80 total cases referred to the justice department make up only 1% of the 6,480 incidents reported by flight crews since the start of last year. until we have people actually landing in jail and understanding that there s real consequences for acting out on a flight, we re not going to see these incidents go down. reporter: airlines have asked the justice department to keep unruly passengers from boarding flights. a move eight republican senators say should be up to congress to decide. in a new letter they insist most are related to the federal transportation mask mandate. they say creating a federal no fly list for unruly passengers who are skeptical of this mandate would seemingly equate them to terrorists. pete buttigieg says a no fly list should be considered and