No surprises here: airlines have no concern for customers and human rights.
Their premise is the sequester, but they're not asking for a relaxation of the rules specific sequester-related issues -- they're asking for TOTAL, unrestricted freedom to trap you for whatever time they want for whatever reason they want. And they want to do so for a minimum of 90 days even if the sequester is solved tomorrow. But if the sequester takes longer, they want a longer time.
If you have kids, older relatives, or simply a love of freedom you might want to respond to the DOT's request for comments. Here's the link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitC...2013-0084-0001
A reminder of what the airlines did to us when the rule was not in place:
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/5842366.html
http://boingboing.net/2009/08/10/con...-imprsion.html
http://www.squidoo.com/stuck-on-airp...ours-on-tarmac
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is currently reviewing a motion filed by two airline industry associations, Airlines for America (A4A) and the Regional Airline Association (RAA), requesting a moratorium of the tarmac delay rule in light of sequestration-related furloughs by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The request was received on Friday, April 19. The Department will consider the views of all interested parties. Any party that would like its views on the issue considered may submit correspondence regarding the request to the docket. Correspondence should be submitted by April 26, at 5:00 p.m. The request is available on www.regulations.gov, docket DOT-OST-2013-0084. |
If you have kids, older relatives, or simply a love of freedom you might want to respond to the DOT's request for comments. Here's the link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitC...2013-0084-0001
A reminder of what the airlines did to us when the rule was not in place:
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/5842366.html
http://boingboing.net/2009/08/10/con...-imprsion.html
http://www.squidoo.com/stuck-on-airp...ours-on-tarmac