ICAO Cabin Safety Inspector’s Course l 22 to 24 April 2008 l

ICAO Regional Office l Bangkok, Thailand l

Disruptive & Unruly Passengers…the causes and the (hopefully) controls

ICAO Cabin Safety Inspector’s Course l 22 to 24 April 2008 l

ICAO Regional Office l Bangkok, Thailand l

Overview

Alcohol

Stress

Altitude

Mental health

Wider cross-section of society

No-smoking

Intervention on the ground

Group bookings

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A new issue?

• No 1950 example Douglas DC-3 Cabin crew assaulted Flight crew assisted and restrained passenger Known offender – history of violence and psychotic behaviour

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Legislative Guidance

• Legislation Overview of legislative controls from a number of member states

• Adequate? Out of date? Recognition of threat against aircraft & crew?

• Too restrictive? Threat from ‘within’ aircraft…Australian example later.

• Jurisdiction issues? International flying, location of ‘event’, country of origin or destination?

• Pressing charges Company support, foreign legal process for crew, facing passenger in court

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Controls

• Varying lines of defence• Cabin crew…..? LAST line of defence• Flight crew…..? Should they EVER leave the flight deck?

Location of cuffs, requiring ‘approval’ from captain to use cuffs• Ground crew intervention• Security team intervention• Passenger intervention

Can this really be planned for?• Blacklisting known offenders

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Profiling

• What is profiling?• Not aviation specific• Behavioural based• Effectiveness?• Stop it on the ground

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Cabin crew intervention

• Last line of defence• Escalation of intervention controls• Verbal negotiation without physical force (‘verbal judo’)• Yellow card• Use of physical force (e.g. with Defensive Tactics training)

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Yellow card?

• Final warning Notification of unacceptable behaviour Inform of results of continued unacceptable behaviour (authorities being called, personal details

noted) Hand over an official document for passenger to read

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Physical restraint devices

• Hand cuffs Can be used as a weapon by passenger, cost

• Plastic ties Easy to use, much lower cost

• Baton Can be used as a weapon by passenger

• Too much focus spent on ‘last line of defence?• More training at stopping them at the door• Feedback from a number of incidents

‘he/she was acting strangely right from the start of the flight

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Emerging Issues

• Threats from outside aircraft Laser attacks Change of Australian legislation – ‘source of threat’ Lasers recently banned

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Discussion

• Discussion of real life events• Feedback from participants about potential intervention points

and control option (in hind-sight)• What can we learn?

ICAO Cabin Safety Inspector’s Course l 22 to 24 April 2008 l

ICAO Regional Office l Bangkok, Thailand l

In Summary

• Not a new issue• The threat must be contained before commencement of flight

‘Pressurised metal tube 11 kilometres up in the air…the crew are on their own’• Cabin crew are the LAST line of defence, not the first & only

ICAO Cabin Safety Inspector’s Course l 22 to 24 April 2008 l

ICAO Regional Office l Bangkok, Thailand l

Thank you!

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