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jsled
Kate Hanni became a passenger rights advocate, founded FlyersRights.org and pushed for the three-hour rule after being stranded for 10 hours on an American Airlines flight three years ago. She says travelers prefer cancellations to the uncertainty of being trapped on a stranded airplane or stranded at an airport halfway through their journey.
"We don't get complaints when people are stuck in airports, only when they are stuck on airplanes. It's better for airlines to pre-cancel," she said. "They are trying to scare everybody that canceling is some kind of horrific travel nightmare and it's not."
Idiot number zero... These 2 paragraphs are priceless.
Her theory is about to be tested. I can't wait to see all the glares we will be getting at the airport as we walk away from a perfectly good airplane on a perfectly good day on our way to go home... and they get to sleep on the floor at JFK. Yeah, that is MUCH better than arriving late at your destination..