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
Telling me you never read the fine print on the issued ticket. It's all there in black and white, albeit at pico-font. The ignorance here is on pax who fail to know the terms of conveyance. Perhaps the government should provide some education on that versus placing undo cost burden on airlines. But that would take away a talking point. Most delays (the government keeps stats on that stuff, its easily located at DoT) are due to weather events (acts of God) and/or ATC flow controls. Maintenance issues are usually handled pretty well by most carriers. This is nothing more than government interjecting itself into private business which usually ends up being catastrophic. Really bad idea.