Driving up the price of airline tickets
How about working with the airlines to fix the problems that are causing the delays rather than fining them for delays most likely caused by government regulations.
“New US law mandates”
“recently announced a final rule”
So which is it, a “law” or a “rule”, and if it is a “rule”, then what authority does the White House have to issue it?
Weather is the biggest issue causing delays.
Headline is contradicted by the first sentence (not a ‘law’).
While the affected passenger might welcome some remedy of their situation, it is another fat-fingered entry of government into the private world.
My guess is this would create an immediate security problem. How much CASH would airline employees at the airport have to HAVE ON HAND to POTENTIALLY immediately refund? Most airline tickets are paid for by credit or debit card.
Will airlines have to keep a safe full of unused cash at all the airports they serve JUST IN CASE a flight is delayed or cancelled?
What is the definition of “delayed”? 5 minutes? 30 minutes? One hour?
This is a DANGEROUS development. There will be serious pressure to fly aircraft that might have some maintenance issue pop up. The airline will be out a pile of cash if the flight is delayed. Can you imagine the amount of cash needed to pay immediate refunds to a planeload of say, 175 to 250 passengers?
This is an unworkable demand that could put airlines out of business, create robbery thefts at airports and get passengers killed by airlines desperately wanting to avoid paying huge piles of cash over an unexpected maintenance delay.
When cheap politicians start mandating details like how much someone should get paid for a flight delay, its a sign Airlines have become a state-run oligopoly. Service is going to become far worse, not better.
Bring back trains, but in an open and free-market way
Can I get instant compensation from Kroger’s Grocery if they’re out of the bread I usually buy?
This is just another example why the LAWMAKING of the administrative state has to be under direct complete legislative and chief executive active control on any and every rule the administrative state wants to issue. That would mean such rules can be no more than proposals to Congress, which would be followed by the proposals going to the appropriate House and Senate committees,followed hearings in the committees, followed by up or down votes by the committees, and if voted out of a committee then the proposal must be approved by full votes of the House and the Senate, followed by approval or veto by the President. Further, I’d give the House and Senate only four years to take retroactive action on all existing rules or they’d become retired rules.
Thank goodness our brilliant politicians know so much about every industry, central planning is the best because the most smartest always go in to politics.
Will the government also be bringing this government rule to the government operated AMTRAK?
Versus the nebulous vouchers that could only be used on September 31st every third leap year.