Airline Passenger Blacklists Won’t Stop Bad Behavior — The Real Fix Starts Before Boarding

A shared passenger blacklist sounds like a tough answer to bad behavior in the cabin, but it is the wrong tool for a rare and messy problem. Reported incidents are up, but much of the real fix happens before the aircraft door closes: better gate staffing to keep impaired or unstable passengers from boarding, and better crew de-escalation training so ordinary conflicts do not become onboard flashpoints.