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Airline fine may send flight cancellations soaring
WASHINGTON — The government's $900,000 fine Monday against an American Airlines affiliate for holding hundreds of passengers on board a small jet for hours on an airport tarmac may serve as a deterrent to future such incidents. But industry analysts warned that may come with the price of more canceled flights. Even before the fine against American Eagle Airlines, airlines had cancelled more flights to avoid pushing up against the new three-hour limit on tarmac delays the Department of… (www.thenewstribune.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
When this happens, does the airline blame the cancellations on Air Traffic Controllers?? I had a recent situation with US Airways whereby flights from Philadelphia to Newburgh, NY were cancelled for 2 days. I was called 2 hours before my flight (from Newburgh to Philadelphia) and told it was cancelled. After multiple E-mails to US Airways they blamed it on Air Traffic to avoid compensating me but never specifically said it was the Air Traffic Controllers who initiated the cancellation.
in europe we used to look up to the u.s.a. as THE country of the future. the situation described in the item is sketching more or less a 3rd world country. what a sad end of a once great nation .... :(
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Sorry for the double post, folks. I either missed, or there wasn't, a confirmation that my post, well, posted. ;)
Oh, boy. And I also didn't catch that I was posting to the wrong thread. If the mods would like to delete my posts from this thread, I'd appreciate it.... Thanks!
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