Three more airlines have followed Delta’s example, saying they will ban passengers on flights to Washington, DC, from carrying weapons in their checked baggage before the president-elect Joe Biden
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United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines will impose the rules from Saturday until January 23, according to The Associated Press.
The American will take the additional measure to ban alcohol consumption on flights to and from DC from Saturday to Thursday, while several carriers will move their crews from accommodation in downtown Washington, according to the AP.
Security and safety measures around the opening day have been accelerated since last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol, which killed five people.
The Federal Aviation Administration has also announced that it will no longer issue a warning to passengers attacking crew members or passengers, while at the same time sending them directly to law enforcement.
Sara Nelson, the influential chief of the CWA Flight Attendant Association, has demanded that those accused of participating in the riot be included on the federal no-fly list, which an FBI official said is being examined earlier this week.
There have also been at least two incidents since the riot of lawmakers who were harassed at airports, including several people who obstructed Sen. Mitt Romney
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A few days later, Senator Lindsay Graham (RS.C.) was harassed at Washington’s Reagan National Airport for refusing to join Republicans in a congressional challenge to President-elect Joe Biden.
Air safety expert Jeffrey Price of Denver Metropolitan State University said the measures still put too much strain on the flight crew’s shoulders and that more air marshals are needed on flights to Washington.
“There have been too many incidents of flight disruptions and the flight crew should not be expected to deal with them so as not to become violent,” he told the AP.