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Are the rules the same before boarding? See discussion above about United's screwey definition of boarding.

• natch 10y ago
  "while aboard an aircraft" the rules say. It sounds like United is claiming he wasn't aboard yet so they are caught in a catch-22.
• tyingq 10y ago
  Apparently, the interference with a flight crew has the same definition...only after the doors are closed. It applies only in the "Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the United States": "An individual on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States who, by assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member or flight attendant of the aircraft, interferes with the performance of the duties of the member or attendant..." [1] An aircraft is in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States only while the aircraft is "in flight." [2] "An aircraft is "in flight" from the moment when all external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when one such door is opened for disembarkation, or in the case of a forced landing, until competent authorities take responsibility for the aircraft" IANAL, but it would seem difficult to charge anyone with "interfering with a flight crew" if the door hasn't been shut. The language doesn't seem ambiguous. [1] https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title49/html/USCODE-2009-title49-subtitleVII-partA-subpartiv-chap465.htm https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title49/html/USCOD... (scroll down to the 46504 section) [2] https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1405-special-aircraft-jurisdiction-us https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1405-s...