Originally Posted by
ASpilot2be
People are gonna forget about this whole thing next week, and people will forget it for cheap fares. So they may lose for a week, then back to normal.
In your dreams. A few well publicized incidents and this is where we are heading:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-...bill/1418/text
An excerpt:
(2) the passenger’s arrival at the passenger's destination is delayed by more than 4 hours after the originally scheduled arrival of the passenger, the air carrier—
(A) to automatically refund to the passenger the amount the passenger paid for the ticket;
(B) to find a seat for the passenger on another flight operated by the air carrier, on a flight operated by another air carrier, or on an alternative means of transportation, at no additional expense to the passenger, at the earliest available opportunity, if the passenger so chooses;
(C) to provide compensation to the passenger of $1,350 cash; and
(D) to provide a passenger with an amount equal to the cost of a meal; and
(3) the passenger's departure is delayed until the next day, the air carrier to provide the passenger with an amount equal to the cost of hotel lodging, in addition to the requirements of paragraph (2).
And this is one of the lesser problematic things in the bill.
The fact the Senate minority leader didn’t have the votes to get it out of committee last year doesn’t mean he won’t this year, if a few more prominent incidents occur.