Originally Posted by
rab-k
Disagree entirely. Prospect of 5000 £/€/$ fine and/or 5 years in clink, even if it were to deter just one individual would be worth it IMHO.
Completely wrong, utterly stupid idea. 99.9% of pax would have no idea what the law or punishment was. In any case in an emergency situation people revert to instinct, they don't stop and think calmly about something they were told but didn't listen to long ago.