“These disruptions could not have come at a moredifficulttime as airlines in Europe and elsewhere struggle, ” saidSteve Lott, a spokesman forthe industry group.
"It's a matter of getting the contracting states around the table and acknowledging this is a serious issue: that the number of unruly passengers is on the rise and it needs to be decided how countries address this, " SteveLott, former International Air Transport Association head of corporate communications in North America, told Orient Aviation magazine in 2010.