In official correspondence to the NTSB in 2020, the FAA said it would “consider developing new guidance” along these lines. When Vertical asked the FAA about its lack of detailed guidance related to impaired or intoxicated passengers, the agency replied: “Each operator faces unique challenges due to the diversity of passenger-carrying services. Therefore, the FAA has not provided blanket guidance for how companies can prevent impaired or intoxicated passengers from boarding their aircraft. Blade is not an operator but checks in and screens passengers before escorting them to their aircraft, thus serving as “a first line of defense” against intoxicated, impaired, or otherwise disruptive passengers, according to CEO Rob Wiesenthal. “Our ground and lounge staff are trained to ensure no passengers pose any safety risk to the other passengers or the pilot and that all passengers act in a safe manner in accordance with our operators’ safety policies and the pilot’s safety briefing,” Wiesenthal told Vertical.