Level of responsibility here? are they supposed to be patrolling this kind of behavior? they are. they have a federal aviation regulation. it s 121.421. it says they re supposed to be trained and able to handle any kind of passenger misbehavior. and then of course they have a federal criminal law on their side. 49 united states code 46504 which says you cannot interfere with a flight crew. they have these two sets of laws that should help to govern the situation. but the problem is the training and it s technically the fbi that handles crimes in the air. and the fbi isn t hanging around the airports. they have other things to do. so there s the problem. you have a gap. justin, how would one go about prosecuting this kind of case? where do you even file charges? well, the first thing you have to do is report it. and reporting to the airline