davidjohnson6
21st Jul 2023, 22:02
I recently flew from Mallorca to Amsterdam non-stop on a US-based commercial airline with an N-reg A320 with a USA flag on it. The ticket was sold by TUI Netherlands and had a TUI NL IATA flight code with the US carrier being a summer wet lease. The seatback safety cards and cabin crew safety announcements made frequent reference to "Federal law requires ..."
Suppose a passenger was naughty on this flight - suppose they ignored cabin crew instructions but did not bug any other passengers. Could the Spanish, French, Belgian or Dutch courts do anything about this or have jurisdiction ? Or would said passenger need to be extradited to the USA for anything to happen ? Would such an extradition even be allowed ?
I know that some countries never extradite their own citizens - please ignore these cases in any answer.
Suppose a passenger was naughty on this flight - suppose they ignored cabin crew instructions but did not bug any other passengers. Could the Spanish, French, Belgian or Dutch courts do anything about this or have jurisdiction ? Or would said passenger need to be extradited to the USA for anything to happen ? Would such an extradition even be allowed ?
I know that some countries never extradite their own citizens - please ignore these cases in any answer.