The FAA says only 314 clashes were reported last year.

In April, R.E.M. One reason officials underestimate the air rage problem, the AFA says, is that many incidents are not reported.The Association of Flight Attendants, the nation's largest union for flight attendants, says Federal Aviation Administration officials, the Justice Department and airlines are not doing enough and gives them all failing grades in a "report card" released today.The report today coincides with the second annual Day of Action Against Air Rage — a campaign sponsored by several airline workers' unions.As part of this year's Day of Action Against Air Rage, the International Association of Machinists says it is urging Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta to lobby for laws that would make it a federal offense to interfere with ground workers during the performance of their duties, and eliminate jurisdictional problems for flight crews when air rage incidents occur outside the United States. "They behave like animals. "Now we're getting to the point where we're having to be bouncers. That means the airlines," customer service representative Jean Lebo said.Some believe air rage could be best combated by extinguishing its potential genesis on the ground. "He said: "It needs to change before someone, be it a crew member or a passenger, gets seriously hurt or worse.It is an offence to be drunk on a plane or to refuse to obey instructions given by the captain.He said: "You can see it every day where people are drinking pints at six in the morning. In 1998 and 1999, there were 281 and 306 incidents reported, respectively.Not even airline workers can seem to escape the rage: a British Columbia woman — who was also a planner for Transport Canada — allegedly punched a flight attendant when she was told she could not smoke on the flight to Toronto.July 6, 2001 -- Government officials and airlines are failing at efforts to fight air rage, and that's angering the people who have to deal with the consequences, airline labor groups say.24/7 coverage of breaking news and live eventsThe AFA declined to grade the White House in its report card, giving it an "incomplete" grade as it waits to see how President Bush addresses air rage. Passengers, Headley believes, may get aggravated while enduring long lines and waits before their flights. But airline workers say these are not effective deterrents and that the FAA must find a way to stress the consequences of air rage to passengers before they get on the plane.ABCNEWS.com's Oliver Libaw contributed to this report.Stomping Out the Roots of Rage … On the Ground"I think a lot of people are a lot more sensitized to incidents," said Dean Headley, an associate professor of marketing at Wichita State University who has written reports on airline quality. I think a lot of the time people think that they're in a club or in a bar. "Our U.S. airlines have failed to promote cabin safety over their profits," Patricia Friend, head of the flight attendants' organization, said today. "The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sitesInternationally, too, the problem seems to be growing.A quarter of them mention drugs or alcohol as a trigger.Have you been getting these songs wrong?It took four policemen to remove one passenger, who was described as "uncontrollable and verbally abusive", in another incident. The number of so-called "air rage" incidents on UK airlines quadruple over a three-year period, according to figures seen by the BBC. I don't think airlines have screened people well enough for the jobs they are doing and that they can do more than what they are already doing. Air Rage (A) The first recorded case of an airline passenger turning seriously violent during a flight, a phenomenon now widely known as “air rage”, happened in 1947 on a flight from Havana to Miami.A drunk man assaulted another passenger and bit a flight attendant.

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