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Airlines Push to Soften Oversight
Consumer advocates are complaining that a regulation proposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation — at the airline industry’s urging — would make it harder to penalize airlines for bad behavior and to adopt new rules that protect travelers. (www.latimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This is a great idea since the airlines have so strongly demonstrated their deep concerns for passenger comfort and convenience and their customer service experience is exemplary and a model for all other industries. Airlines have proven that they are more concerned over the customer/passenger experience than mere profits to be gained by...say, cramming as many seats as possible in an aircraft and charging for every possible amenity.
Just what we need, more deregulation.
The DOT's proposed rules were published in the Federal Register today. You can read the NPRM for yourself at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-02-28/pdf/FR-2020-02-28.pdf . The NPRM does NOT propose to change any of the FAA's safety regulations.
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To Roger's comment about "charging for every possible amenity", hopefully, pay toilets are not under consideration.
Ryan Air was supposedly considering it at one point. So if you have no money, who cleans the seats? Or the floors? I'd be sure to read about a drunk passenger peeing on the floor outside the 'facilities' after they started that. YUCK!
So how long until Southwest crashes a plane? They have been getting away with a lot of stuff.
I thought this would happen. They will whine and cry about how Covad-19 will negatively impact their earnings, and they need 'relief'... Scrimping on safety is NOT relief. It's reckless. It's playing games with safety and gambling with human lives, but not unheard of under a *cough* republican administration. *cough*
The totality of environmental regulations that have been rolled back, and removed will already kill hundreds of thousands, so why not roll back air carrier regulations and oversight. The FDA is allowing meat packers to certify their products. Boeing was certifying their own designs, and what happened.
The role of government is to protect its citizens from harm. It's not for protecting shareholders and industry. Failing at that is horrific, and a symptom of how bad government/industry has gotten, how powerful corporate money has gotten, and what we all lose, daily, as government is sold for corporate contributions.
I thought this would happen. They will whine and cry about how Covad-19 will negatively impact their earnings, and they need 'relief'... Scrimping on safety is NOT relief. It's reckless. It's playing games with safety and gambling with human lives, but not unheard of under a *cough* republican administration. *cough*
The totality of environmental regulations that have been rolled back, and removed will already kill hundreds of thousands, so why not roll back air carrier regulations and oversight. The FDA is allowing meat packers to certify their products. Boeing was certifying their own designs, and what happened.
The role of government is to protect its citizens from harm. It's not for protecting shareholders and industry. Failing at that is horrific, and a symptom of how bad government/industry has gotten, how powerful corporate money has gotten, and what we all lose, daily, as government is sold for corporate contributions.