Abstract

Airplane delinquency is known to both professionals and passengers. However, the particularity of the airplane as an enclosed space where one cannot leave when and whenever they wish, the intense phobias associated with this space and the competition between companies operating in the field often prevents the wide publicity of the delinquent incidents that take place inside the plane. This study seeks to record and classify the incidents of delinquency occurring in the international arena by investigating similar incidents and studying relevant cases. The data are derived from interviews of people who have been working for years as flight attendants on airplanes managing similar incidents as well as recording, classifying, and studying incidents as reported by the international media. The results show the occurrence of all kinds of airplane delinquency, such as drunkenness, theft, drug abuse, obscene behavior, domestic violence, etc. occurring among all persons on board (passengers, crew members). Due to the lack of systematic aircraft surveys concerning the incidents of delinquent behavior and ways of managing them, in conjunction with the airline, the type of clientele, the seasonality, etc. it is suggested that targeted research should be carried out involving scientists from the fields of social, legal sciences, administration, and psychology so that there is a complete image of the problem and ways of dealing with it.