Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
The rule, which was put in place in April 2010, states that any U.S. airlines operating with 30 or more passenger seats are prohibited from allowing their flights to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours without giving passengers an opportunity to deplane.
Luckily, the "30 or more passenger seats" does not include the TSA guy hanging off the AOA probe.
If this was CHQ, Bedford would give the Flight Attendants a wrench and tell them to take seats off the plane until they met the requirements. The passengers can stand.