to hit elbow and gouge simulated aggressive passengers with actual passengers getting more violent than ever. you are going to possibly die. you need to defend yourself at all costs. reporter: undercover federal air marshals are guiding eight flight attendants through this self-defense course. the first class offered by the tsa since training was paused by the pandemic. it is sad that it needs to happen. reporter: flight attendant carrie is taking the class having just returned to her airline following a leave of absence. are you scared? sometimes, a little bit. some people aren t very happy, and you never know what s going to happen. reporter: a brawl breaking out on a frontier airlines flight is the latest among unruly passenger incidents that the faa says are skyrocketing. federal documents detail how passengers shouted down, grabbed, and struck flight attendants thousands of times since the start of a zero tolerance policy earlier this year.
i m sure you ve seen a lot of it on social media. the faa says already this year it s received more than 3600 reports of unruly passengers on commercial flights, mostly over the mask mandate. now the federal government has launched a class showing flight attendants how to defend themselves. oh, people, have we come to this? my goodness. here s cnn s pete muntean. reporter: they are taking a defensive stance against a growing problem in the air. flight attendants are training to hit, elbow, and gouge simulated aggressive passengers with actual passengers getting more violent than ever. you are going to possibly die. you need to defend yourself at all costs. reporter: undercover federal air marshals are guiding eight flight attendants through the self-defense course, the first course offered by the tsa since
reporter: they are taking a defensive stance against a growing problem in the air. flight attendants are training to hit, elbow, and gouge simulated aggressive passengers with actual passengers getting more violent than ever. are you going to possibly die. you need to defend yourself at all costs. reporter: undercover federal air marshals are guiding eight flight attendants through this self-defense course. the first class offered by the tsa since training was paused by the pandemic. it s sad that it needs to happen. reporter: flight attendant carrie is taking this class having just returned to her airline following a leave of absence. are you scared? sometimes, a little bit, yeah. you get on a plane full of people, and some aren t happy and you never know what s going to happen. reporter: a brawl breaking out on a frontier airlines flight is among the latest unruly passenger incidents that the faa says are skyrocketing. federal documents detail how
predeparture covid test and a pcrt on their second day in the country which can detect covid before antibodies form. you still have to mask up on planes. the faa has received 3,500 reports of unruly passengers on commercial flights . in a cnn exclusive, the federal government is teaching flight attendants how to defend themselves. reporter: they are taking a defensive stance against a growing problem in the air. flight attendants are training to hit, elbow and gouge simulated aggressive passengers with actual passengers getting more violent than ever. you are going to possibly die. you need to defend yourself at all costs. reporter: undercover federal air marshals are guiding eight flight attendants through this self-defense course. the first class offered by the tsa since training was paused by
to hit, elbow and gouge simulated aggressive passengers with actual passengers getting more violent than ever. you are going to possibly die. you need to defend yourself at all costs. reporter: undercover federal air marshals are guiding eight flight attendants through this self-defense course. the first class offered by the tsa since training was paused by the pandemic. it s sad that it needs to happen. reporter: flight attendant carrie is taking this class having just returned do her airline following a leave of absence. are you scared? sometimes. you get on a plane full of passengers that aren t happy and you never know what s going to happen. reporter: a brawl on a frontier airlines flight is among many incidents that are skyrocketing. federal documents show how passengers have shouted down, grabbed and struck down flight attendance thousands of times