In-flight sexual assault is punishable in the USA by up to 10 years in prison plus fines and mandatory restitution. But airlines are not mandated to report and record the incidence of in-flight sexual abuse. Therefore, victims cannot directly and timely report the crimes to law enforcement.
Reporting procedures
What's more, airlines have 4-5 step reporting procedures in place. They involve a flight attendant, the captain, the airline ground crew, and the airline station manager. Those procedures frustrate most investigations.
As a result, police do not usually meet the victim, perpetrator, and witnesses at...
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A reader of our website shares his experience with Marriott. Due to the cancelation of his flight to New York he will arrive 1 day later than scheduled. Thus, he sends an email to the Moxy hotel to inform them of the flight cancelation and the consequence that he will not arrive until the next day. This way he hopes to avoid a no-show fee.
European consumer groups attack airlines' no-show policy. Airlines sell tickets with no-show clauses. Such clauses allow a carrier to cancel reservations when the passenger misses the outbound flight of a round-trip itinerary or a leg of a multi-leg itinerary.
In those cases, airlines which use the clause deny boarding to the passenger. They either require the passenger to buy a new ticket, or to pay a fine to be able to use the original ticket. The clause is used in different versions by a multitude of airlines in the EU.
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