washington the transportation security administration tsa is doubling fines for firsttime offenders who fail to wear masks effective friday and said repeat offenders could face fines as high as 3000the white house said president joe biden was directing the higher fines to ensure that masking requirements remain in place on the other modes of transportation as we continue to battle covid19tsa said the new fines will be 5001000 for first offenders and 10003000 for second offendersbiden told reporters at the white house tsa will double the fines on travelers that refuse to mask if you break the rules be prepared to pay and by the way show some respecthe criticized the anger shown by some passengers toward flight attendants and others for enforcing mask requirementsits wrong its ugly biden saidlast month tsa extended requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes trains and buses and at airports and train stations through jan 18 to address ongoing covid19 risks the regulations had been set to expire sept 13tsa administrator david pekoske said by doubling the range of penalties we seek to reinforce the importance of voluntary adherencetsa said that operators throughout the transportation network have reported over 4000 face maskrelated incidents to date almost 4000 warning notices have been sent and 126 have been referred for civil penaltytsa said in january that firsttime incidents would start at 250 for failing to wear masksthe federal aviation administration faa has issued much higher fines for not wearing masks on airplanes and for other disruptive behaviorthe faa has proposed penalties totaling more than 1 million including many 9000 fines for not wearing masks on airplanes