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Airline passengers need protections
Published Friday, August 21, 2009
Can you imagine this?
Your flight touches down and taxis
to a stop. But your airline crew doesn’t
prepare for passengers to deplane.
Instead, they inform you and dozens of other
people on the aircraft that you must stay put
until it is safe to leave.
You wait and wait and wait. ... Six hours
later, you are allowed to get off the plane.
These horrible situations don’t happen every
day. But they should not be allowed to happen
at all.
This six-hour nightmare in a Continental
Express plane occurred this month on the tarmac
in Rochester, Minn.
It has triggered renewed calls for overdue
action in Congress to pass the Airline Passenger
Bill of Rights that’s been kicking around for
years. ...
... The bill of rights legislation is included in
the FAA Reauthorization bill, which was
moved through the Commerce Committee in
July.
It still awaits action by the full Senate. ...
There are hundreds of rules that protect passengers
and crew members when planes are in
the air.
A few more guidelines to protect them when
they’re on the ground seem to be in order.
-Billings Gazette
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Posted by Thomas_Jefferson (anonymous) on August 24, 2009 at 9:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It would be advisable to allow the free market to dictate what the public feels is in there best intrest rather than bestow more regulatory powers to the federal government. If the public looses faith in air transportation perhaps it would be better to travel by other means.
Posted by elvis2 (anonymous) on August 24, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Personally under those circumstances the passengers should revolt and leave the plane . I know they'd face arrest but perhaps they could do enough damage to the plane that they would think twice before expecting you to sit six hours plus charge you for your beverages . There is no reason whatsoever for such situations.
Posted by Bamabunny (anonymous) on August 29, 2009 at 9:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree elvis...that should not have happened.
But if it does....a firm stand in a reasonably short and graphic letter to the airline will get you fair compensation.
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