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jimglab
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Passenger Bill of Rights
Apr 9 2007, 9:54 AM EDT
The Air Travelers Association, a consumer advocacy group, opposes the passengers’ bill of rights recently introduced in Congress, claiming it will lead airlines to cancel flights that could have gone out late, and will increase fares. The group’s main objection is that the bill in its present form essentially gives any single passenger the right to be deplaned after three hours on the ground. Do you agree that this particular piece of legislation is not in the best interests of travelers? 3  out of 3 found this valuable. Do you?    

Anonymous
RE: Passenger Bill of Rights
Apr 9 2007, 3:07 PM EDT
It seems that whenever the government gets involved in solving a problem they create new ones. I hate to think about what the Declaration of Independance and the Constitution would look like if created by todays politicians.
I think the airlines should work on solving the problems them elves with input from their passengers.
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Anonymous
RE: Passenger Bill of Rights
Apr 9 2007, 3:31 PM EDT
It seems obvious that the airlines cannot regukate how ong they make a passenger wait before being deplaned. My only comment is that 3 hours is way to long to force a passenger to wait. Do you find this valuable?    

Anonymous
RE: Passenger Bill of Rights
Apr 9 2007, 3:38 PM EDT
Hi Jim: Can you do a little digging and find out what exactly is the Air Travelers Association? Who are its members? How many are there? Who is David Stempler and how do we know that he really speaks for Air Travelers? Who pays his bills? 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    

Anonymous
RE: Passenger Bill of Rights
Apr 9 2007, 5:02 PM EDT
"The Air Travelers Association, a consumer advocacy group, opposes the passengers’ bill of rights recently introduced in Congress, claiming it will lead airlines to cancel flights that could have gone out late, and will increase fares. The group’s main objection is that the bill in its present form essentially gives any single passenger the right to be deplaned after three hours on the ground. Do you agree that this particular piece of legislation is not in the best interests of travelers? "
I agree. As usual, the legislation goes overboard in defining a cutoff of only three hours, and giving the controlling vote to any one passenger. I think this solution is too extreme and will create more problems than it solves.
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