Three other airlines have followed Delta’s lead by saying they will prevent passengers on flights to Washington, DC from carrying guns in their checked bags before the president-elect Joe Biden
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According to The Associated Press, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines will all enforce the rules from Saturday through January 23.
American will take the additional measure to ban serving alcohol on flights to and from DC Saturday through Thursday, while multiple airlines will also move their crews from accommodations in downtown Washington, the AP said.
Security and safety measures around the inauguration day have been ramped up since last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol that 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, but will instead refer directly to law enforcement.
Sara Nelson, the influential head of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, has called for those accused of participating in the riot to be placed on the federal no-fly list, which an FBI official said earlier this week was in treatment.
There have also been at least two incidents since the uproar of lawmakers harassed at airports, including several people who killed Sen. Mitt Romney
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Days later, Senator Lindsay Graham (RS.C.) was harassed at Reagan National Airport in Washington for his refusal to join some Republicans in a congressional challenge for President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Aviation security expert Jeffrey Price of Metropolitan State University in Denver said these measures still place too much on the shoulders of flight crew 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 handle them or they will become violent,” he told the AP.