Aviation Union Leaders Tell Congress to Enact No-Fly List
RICH THOMASELLI | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel A series of aviation-related industry leaders testified before Congress this week and are asking lawmakers to enact a universal no-fly list for unruly passengers. “If there is not a no-fly list … people are going to continue to assault plane crews and gate agents,” Transport Workers Union of America president John Samuelsen said, according to the Washington D.C.-based publication The Hill. Samuelson spoke in a virtual Zoom testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. The hearing was centered on the theme of ‘On…