Originally Posted by
Justabusdriver1
This is something I can absolutely get behind under certain circumstance listed below. Seeing some of the meltdowns at my airline even though weather related and dumping pax on the street to fend for themselves is atrocious. Some airlines do a decent job of accommodating while others take advantage of the lax rules to avoid costs. Too much have certain airlines had a poor operation as a cost saving measure and at the expense of pax. If airlines want to save money by not investing in and having a good operation it should cost them.
1 controllable delays or cancellations are specifically defined and specifically does not include weather or maintenance related, acts of nature and safety reasons
2 it becomes a crime to falsely label a controllable delay as uncontrollable to avoid compensation.
3 the compensations are just and and nonpunitive
no problem with any of that. But you’d be a fool not to expect the cost of that to be reflected in ticket prices. There is no free lunch and someone’s gotta pay. Not just for the hotel room and meals (which the airlines can probably get for a discount) but for the increased aircraft, maintenance personnel, and crews that will be sitting reserve as well.