FAA urges airports to help stop alcohol 'to go' amid unruly passenger spike

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking airports to stop allowing alcohol to-go cups amid a spike in incidents with unruly passengers.

The Federal Aviation Administration is calling on U.S. airports to help put an end to the recent spike in unruly passenger cases. The FAA is urging airport police to arrest more people who are unruly or violent on flights and asking airport bars and restaurants to stop serving alcoholic drinks to go. "Even though FAA regulations specifically prohibit the consumption of alcohol aboard an aircraft that is not served by the airline, we have received reports that some airport concessionaires have offered alcohol 'to go,'" FAA Administrator Steve Dickson wrote to airport leaders nationwide. "And passengers believe they can carry that alcohol onto their flights or they become inebriated." The agency's investigations into the surge in aggressive behavior on-board has shown that alcohol is often a contributing factor.