we are going to the association flight attendance, sarah nelson, sarah, what the hell?michael. this is unacceptable. this is more than 20 times incidents in the first five months of this year than it occurred in the entire year. what flight attendants are seeing is a combative attitude. this is inconsistent information so people are not ready for the rules. people are thinking of coming the door of the airplane and taking on safety issues and political decisions rather than a public health necessity. it really got to stop. the only way that aviation works is when we come to the door of the airplane with the spirit that we are all in this together. we tell you to put your seat belt on, we don't say if you believe your seat belt is going to help you, put it on. we know turbulence can throw you on the ceiling and when you land, you can fall on someone else and hurt you, too. this is about keeping everyone safe on the plane. flight attendance suggests, begging the public and listen to our instructions and keeping everyone safe and we can check our patients as we go on our t

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sarah nelson is the international president of the association of flight attendants. for the flight crew. what are those specifically that you're looking for? >> we have to be really, really clear that masks are requires on the airport ands airplanes. i know people have had a tough time keeping up with the policies depending upon where you are, whether it's inside, outside, o are what state you're in. but on mass transit, you must wear a mask. and so we've actually had 25 incidents of -- 25,000 incidents of unruly passengers, 2500 reports of unruly passengers where passengers are facing fines and potentially jail time. 1900 of those have to do with wearing masks. so you've got to wear the masks. what we need to be reporting out to people is that if you are not, faa has zero tolerance policy. you'll be facing the fines or jail time. and we need to be very clear with public everywhere. because this these actions onboard the aircraft can become really big problems really quickly. we're stuck in a tube where we can't call for help or people with not walk away. we all have

joining me now to discuss is sarah nelson national president of the association of flight attendants.ah, a pleasure to have you on. i've been seeing some of your tweets in recent weeks and months. and i know lately you're saying, look, there needs to be no confusion of what will be required of you when you get on a flight. what do we need to know if we will be flying today, tomorrow and days after? >> well, just as the faa, tsa and cdc all reminded us yesterday, the mask mandate is still in place in transportation. and so, if you are in an airport or on an airplane, you will be required to have a face covering. that will be enforced. and there's a zero tolerance policy in place as well. because we need to really understand, just what dr. fauci said, for the invaccinated people, the guidance remains the same, we've got to have this layered approach to safety and health. so in the airports and in the airport, we have no way of determining who is vaccinated and who is not. the rules have to be the same for everyone. that goes for the face covering if you don't, up to $35,000 and jail tim

here to talk about the future of travel is sarah nelson, president of the association of flight attendants you back. how important is it that the mask mandate has been extended? what does that mean to airline employees? do you think there's a sense of relief that they'll be required now past the may deadline? >> this is not an extension of the mask mandate by itself, but the enforcement of that mandate. it's important scientist and health care professionals are telling us we need to continue to wear the masks in enclosed spaces so we're not carrying variants of virus until we have everyone vaccinated. we need to continue to wear the masks in enclosed spaces and there's no more enclosed space than the space we work in in the aircraft cabin. this says that the federal government is backing us up in doing our jobs. they're saying when flight attendants say you need to wear the mask, there's a zero tolerance policy from the faa if you're interfering with the instructions that tsa is going to enforce this and there will be fines and jail times if you're not following through. >> the frequency w

. >>> joining us is sarah nelson, president of the association of flight attendants good morning. >>g. >> to kendis' point, will it curb incidents if some of it happens before liftoff. >> it's going to be helpful. safety and security is a layer of procedures we put in place. alcohol sales were paused because people will be more likely to move their mask down, to take a sip. they become a little bit more sloppy about keeping that mask in place. it's not just about the u unruly passenger events, although in every one of these incidents, usually alcohol is also a contributor. what we're seeing is the federal government should step in and pause alcohol sales in the airports and on the airplanes for a period of time because the number of reports we have so far, just five months into the year are 20 times more than we've seen in a normal year's time. on that scale, talking a about 50 times more for the whole year. this is a really a problem -- an epidemic and flight attendants are having to deal with it every day when they go to work, a constant combative attitude, even events not rising t

i ask unanimous consent for hr 903 from sarah nelson from the international president of the association of flight attendants . the chair recognizes the ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from florida for any opening statements. >> thank you, chairwoman. i am pleased the subcommittee is holding this hearing today on the important challenges facing tsa workforce. transportation security officers serve on the front line protecting the public from the other threats to our system. they have dealt with a 35 day government shutdown, significant volume changes at airport checkpoints and the global plandemic. over at 7000 tso's have tested positive for covid-19 since march of last year. tragically we have lost 16 officers. i think the tsa workforce for their immense dedication to the american people and the public. i look forward to hearing from witnesses today to discuss solutions for challenges of low morale, recruitment and retention efforts, and promotion opportunities. i think mr. jeff o'neill for his service as chief human officer and in his role on the chief of the panel th

close i asked the unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter of report for hr 903 from sarah nelson from the international president of the association of life attended. without objection. >> the chair now recognizes the ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from florida for any opening statement. >> thank you, chairwoman. i am pleased that the subcommittee is holding this hearing today on the important challenges facing the tsa workforce. it served on the front lines protecting the traveling public from the ever present threat to our aviation system. over the past few years tso's have dealt with a shutdown significant volume changes throughput at airport checkpoints and global covid-19 pandemic. over 7000 tso's have just about positive for covid-19id since march of last year and tragically we lost 16 officers to that virus. i think the tsa workforce for their immense dedication to the american people and the traveling public. i look forward to hearing from the witnesses today to discuss solutions to meet the challenges of morale, recruitment and retention efforts and pa

contributor, also the founder and ceo of advancing health equity, and the msnbc medical contributor, sarah nelsonon of flight attendants, and an anchor and reporter for yahoo finance. yep, a great team here. doctor, first to you, as i thank you all for being here, we have new guidance that felt a little like a surprise for the general public. how about the health community? were you expecting it? >> no, i don't think anyone was expecting this. it was a significant shift from the last set of updated guidelines and at the most people thought the guidelines would be updated to fully vaccinated people not having to wear masks at all outdoors but would keep wearing them indoors. i think the evidence shows that people fully vaccinated are unlikely to get seriously ill, hospitalized, or die, or transmit the virus to other people. we've seen the number of cases coming down as well as the fact the vaccines cover the variants. all in all the guidelines are great in that they are evidence based. what we could have needed was more guidance in the nuance as to how these guidelines show up in schools, business

probably aware that after that event occurred the head of the association of flight attendants, sarah nelson, called for suspected perpetrators to be barred from flying saying they pose a threat to the security of those on board. i and others have heard anecdotal reports from colleagues about what was like, how frightening it was to be on flights with those perpetrators in the ensuing days when they were flying back to the district at the same time the insurgents were flying and in many cases menacing, pretty serious question whether those people should have been on board an aircraft so considering this, the threat of domestic violence and extremists, what is your assessment of where we are, the adequacy of the list you're working with. are you satisfied we are borrowing from flight those who should be barred from flight? any figures about who you are denying boarding and the kind of communication you are having with your intelligence counterparts to ensure safety of passengers? >> following the attack at the capital i was horrified by what i saw, certainly was concerned for several days and

probably aware that after that event occurred, the head of the association of flight attendants, sarah nelsonlled for suspected perpetrators to be barred from flying, citing that they posed a threat to the security of those on board. i know that i and others have heard anecdotal reports from colleagues about what it was like, how frightening it was to be on flights with those perpetrators in the ensuing days. many were flying back to their districts at the same time that the insurgents were flying, and in many cases, menacing and pretty serious questions whether those people should have been on board an aircraft. considering this, the present threat of the mystic violent extremism, what is your assessment of where we are now, the adequacy of the lists you are working with, are you satisfied that we are borrowing from flights those who should be barred from flights? do you have any figures about whom you are denying boarding to and the kind of communication you are having with your intelligence counterparts to ensure safety for all who pastor your custody? mr. lajoye: like you, following the a

close, i ask for unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter of support for hr 903 from sarah e nelsonom the dant international --s who is the international president of the association of flight attendants. .e chaire rankinn. the chair now recognizes the of the member subcommittee, the gentleman fro. florida for any opening statement. >> thank you.is watt sop coleman. i am pleased that the facin subcommittee is holding this hearing today on the important y challenges facing the tsa work force. transportation security officers serve on the front line protecting the traveling public from the ever present threats to our aviation system.a 35 over the past few years tsos have dealt with a 35-day government shutdown, significant volume changes in passenger through put at airport checkpoints, and the global covid-19 pandemic.march over 7,000 tsos have tested positive for covid-19 since march of last year.ink th ande tragically we have lost 1 officers to that virus. the i thank the tsa work force for their immense dedication to the american people and the soluti travelingon public. i look for

aware that after that event occurred, the head of the association of flight lying attendants, sarah s nelson, cale for suspected perpetrators to be barred from flying, citing thats they posed a threat to the security of those on board. i know i and others have heard anecdotal reports from colleagues about what it was like, how frightening it was to be on flights with those to perpetrators in the ensuing days. many were flying back to their districts at the same time that pretinsurgents were flying and were, in many cases, menacing and pretty serious questions whether those people should've been on board an aircraft.threao so, considering this, the are present threat of domestic violent extremists, what is your assessment of where we are now, the adequacy of the lists you are working with, are you a satisfied that we are barring from flight those who should be barred from flight? do you have any figures about whom you are denying boarding to, and the kind of communication you'rere having wh your intelligence counterparts ensure>> safety for all that pass through your custody? >> well, sir, li

joining me now on the phone to talk about it quickly, sear nelson, president of the association of flight attendants. sarahan? >> first of all, alex, it wouldn't be the weekend without an airline story. happy to talk with you. but no, we're thrilled with this decision. and it's because in the first five months of this year, we've had 2,500 cases of unruly passengers. those are just the ones that have been reported. in a typical year, you would see 130 for a full 12 months. so more than 20 times that in the first 5 months alone. most of these issues are over mask compliance, but there's also a component of alcohol. and alcohol was at the core of the events even before coronavirus, even before masks. so, this is not the time to be adding anything to the problems that are going out there. flight attendants are getting beat up and other passengers are being put in danger, and so i really applaud american for doing this. southwest has suspended service as well, and we really need to have all the airlines do this for a period of time. >> yeah. and the fact is that alcohol can only exacerbate strains and difficul

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