Originally posted by jeffxjet: Just remember, THIS is the unintended consequences of previous laws against the airlines. Remember the law that said if an airline was delayed more than 3 hours passengers would need compensation to make up for it. And we all said airlines will just cancel a flight if the delay is expected to be longer than 3 hours. I know this is not the root cause of the problem in question, but it surely is a causal factor. Any new punishment laws will have a lot of unintended consequences, and NONE of them will favor the passenger.
Well...you're HALF right. For the "Passenger Bill of Rights" to take effect and in order for there to be any kind of monetary penalty and compensation extended to the passengers, the passengers have to be loaded and sitting on the airplane in what we call a "Long Tarmac Delay", i.e., held hostage on the plane. Passengers can sit all day long in a terminal and no penalty will be imposed on said airline. I've seen United delay a flight that was supposed to depart at, e.g., 1730, but due to required rest of the crew, the new departure time is 0700 the next morning. The flight was never cancelled (only delayed) and United didn't incur any penalties.
Hope that helps clear up any confusion...
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