Dutch pilots call for unruly passenger blacklist, better alcohol controls at Schiphol

Dutch pilots unions are calling for tighter controls on the sale of alcohol at Schiphol airport and a blacklist of passengers who misbehave, reports television programme Brandpunt on Tuesday.

The unions were reacting to new transport ministry figures which show there were 985 reports of ‘unruly passengers’ last year, a rise of 262 on the year before. Alcohol played a role in most of the incidents.

‘We are calling on MPs, the transport ministry, our European representatives and the European commission to take this situation seriously,’ Joost van Doesburg of pilots union VNV said.

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