. >> reporter: brandon nazrian says he was seated near the off-duty delta flight attendant who caused the scene and watched the struggle up close. >> it's a huge fight. they get him down on the floor and he's flailing everywhere. his legs are flying in the air, his arms. he's screaming. there's passengers screaming. especially after a year of being locked up we were all finally vaccinated, trying to fly, trying to travel, and just everyone is acting crazy on planes now and it's making people not want to fly. another man was restrained after trying to breach the cockpit on a flight from l.a.x. to nashville. while in may this woman was charged with felony battery after video showed her punching a southwest flight attendant. while air rage has been an issue for decades, this surge in conflict has some flight attendants scared to work. that's according to sarah nelson, the president of the flight attendants association. >> we are on track to have 60 times the number of unruly passengers as we might have had in a typical year. >> reporter: over just the last six months the faa says it rece