Airline threatens to remove, ban passengers who don’t use headphones

The Hill
by Sophie Brams
March 6, 2026
Airline threatens to remove, ban passengers who don’t use headphones
Listening to music or watching a movie without headphones could now get you removed from a United Airlines flight and potentially permanently banned, according to the airline’s updated passenger guidelines. The airline’s “Contract of Carriage” rules were reportedly updated in late February to include passengers “who fail to use headphones while listening to audio or…
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Originally published on The Hill on 3/6/2026