"Against the rules" on an aircraft sits in three separate systems at once. A treaty decides which state may claim jurisdiction. National penal codes supply actual offences, penalties, and prosecution decisions. An airline's conditions of carriage govern removal, bans, and…

On a single TUI Airways flight from London to Los Cabos in January 2020, two passengers who had never met were removed at Winnipeg — one after threatening passengers and staff, the other for a separate disturbance. Each received a…

US flight crews have no enforceable federal limit on cosmic radiation exposure. The FAA recognizes them as occupationally exposed but only issues non-binding guidance. Typical annual doses run 2 to 5 millisieverts — comparable to or higher than many other…

In June 2026, 8,445 noise comments reached Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from just 152 households. Ten of those households filed 6,502 comments — 77 percent of the month's total. What doesn't show up in any public document is a policy to…