Flight attendants are the safety professionals who staff commercial aircraft cabins. Beyond service duties, they are trained in first aid, emergency procedures, crowd control and de-escalation, and they are the crew members passengers interact with most. Two crew members were allegedly assaulted during the incident involving Selma Blair, according to the charges described in reports, which is one reason in-flight altercations are treated so seriously by airlines and prosecutors alike.
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