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Buttigieg: US may act against airlines on consumers’ behalf
ap ^ | Jun 18, 2022 | DAVID KOENIG

Posted on 06/19/2022 6:33:40 AM PDT by posterchild

The day after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with airline leaders to quiz them about widespread flight disruptions, his own flight was canceled and he wound up driving from Washington to New York.

“That is happening to a lot of people, and that is exactly why we are paying close attention here to what can be done and how to make sure that the airlines are delivering,” Buttigieg told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; buttgig; flights; mayorpeter
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To: posterchild

Maybe the cost of fuel is too damn high, Boot-A-Geeg, so if a plane is not filled up all the way . . . it gets cancelled! Imagine that!


61 posted on 06/19/2022 2:09:11 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: griswold3

I was thinking of her when I made the original post, she would like nothing more than to nationalize the oil companies.

If the election prospects for Democrats continue to look bleak for November, combined with increasing number of real radicals in their party, I expect them to start advocating some type of Federal takeover or severe actions against the Oil and Airline industries.


62 posted on 06/19/2022 2:20:14 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel

Yep! Like cornered animals. Unlike the usual left back to right and back again. I believe those who claim the “Globalists” do not plan to cede ground. It’s clear and hold now


63 posted on 06/19/2022 2:33:57 PM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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