Originally Posted by
ASpilot2be
I dont see anywhere in there does it say if someone is acting a fool and causing a security issue that we can't take them off. There is no way that would pass.
I think you are being as naive as you were when you chose your board name. A passenger getting upset when there is vomit all over their kids seat/isn’t a security issue, it’s human nature.
And an FA or even a cockpit crew member trying to tamp down that anger by calling it that, is simply crying wolf. Crew members were given rather enormous discretion along those lines after 9/11. Abusing that discretion is the surest way possible to lose that discretion.
And as for the senator’s bill, there is PLENTY in it that would affect the airlines, their procedures, their concern for customer service, and for damn sure their profitability. You need to read it more fully. This part alone would cost most airlines millions of dollars a month. So much for profit sharing:
SEC. 102. MINIMUM COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO PASSENGERS INVOLUNTARILY DENIED BOARDING.
(a) In General.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the regulations under part 250 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations—
(1) to eliminate the dollar amount limitations under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsections (a) and (b) of section 250.5 of such title on the amount of compensation that may be provided to a passenger who is denied boarding involuntarily from an oversold flight; and
(2) to establish that an air carrier shall provide compensation to each such passenger of not less than $1,350 per flight.
(b) Termination.—Part 250 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall terminate on the date on which the regulations required by section 101(a) take effect.
Might do wonders for our ability to nonrev though...
Every cloud apparently has a silver lining...if you look hard enough for it.