Originally Posted by etch5895

What the airline would do, however, is pass the cost of this 'insurance premium' right along to the customer in a declared or undeclared fee. The airline could easy do this since "It's for your safety". Maybe some airlines would be better than others, but it seems to me like it would be just another scam for an insurance company to get richer and richer.

Also, if the employees had to pay, they would probably sue the airline or the offending passenger, since they felt in good faith that they were 'doing their job'. Or get their unions to force a pay raise to cover the policy. Airline in turn raises fars to cover the raises. Et cetera...