NO-FLY LIST

About:

• In 2017, the government issued rules for preventing disruptive behaviour by air travellers and laid down guidelines for a no-fly list.
  
  
• As per the rules, a complaint of unruly behaviour needs to be filed by the pilot-in-command, and this is to be probed by an internal committee to be set up by the airline.
  
  
• During the period of pendency of the inquiry, the rules empower the concerned airline to impose a ban on the passenger. The committee is to decide the matter within 30 days, and also specify the ban duration.
  
  
• The rules define three categories of unruly behaviour:
  • Level 1 refers to behaviour that is verbally unruly, and calls for debarment up to three months;
    
    
  • Level 2 indicates physical unruliness and can lead to the passenger being debarred from flying for up to six months;
    
    
  • Level 3 indicates life-threatening behaviour for which the debarment would be for a minimum of two years.
    
    
  
  
  
• Any aggrieved person, upon receipt of communication of a ban from the airline, may appeal within 60 days from the date of issue of the order, to an Appellate Committee constituted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.