Comments on Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights - Hotline > 1(877)FLYERS6: Model Bill For State Legislation: Burt Rubin, Esq....

These idot lawmakers are of course aware that Airl...

2008-04-01T08:29:00.000-07:00

These idot lawmakers are of course aware that Airlines are not subject to silly State laws right? New York just tried the same thing and the Federal Courts thumped them. Might as well stop right now and save the CO2 emissions.

This proposed law makes perfect sense at the Feder...

2008-03-27T12:02:00.000-07:00

This proposed law makes perfect sense at the Federal level - even if the airlines dislike it.

For a State law along these lines to be constitutional and not encroach on Federal jurisdiction, the law would need to not address airlines specifically, since a NY court has already rules that such laws must be Federal. However, similar language that prohibited any business from keeping any

After reading the above comments, I think airlines...

2008-02-23T12:33:00.000-08:00

After reading the above comments, I think airlines should be forced to have "emergency gates" also to just allow people to deplane. If you keep a few of these at each airport the airplane should be able to park and leave in just a few minutes.
I also would like to have the so called clause of wheather removed from relieving airlines from PAYING for hotels. We are YOUR customers PAY UP and

This proposal is doomed from the beginning. In se...

2008-02-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

This proposal is doomed from the beginning. In section A the second part, it states that airlines must allow passengers to deplane unless it is unsafe. The person who drafted this should have done some research on how airports and airlines work. Once a plane leaves the terminal, it loses the gate. The plane cannot return to the terminal unless there is an open gate somewhere or it bumps

I SO hope this bill becomes law. I heard about you...

2008-01-29T06:28:00.000-08:00

I SO hope this bill becomes law. I heard about your site from a friend after posting my story about the ordeal my husband and I went through on a recent flight from Atlanta to San Juan: http://debrichardson.com/blog/?p=1223.
Thank you for trying to do something about this!!

You might hear AMR and American Airlines publicly ...

2008-01-26T19:39:00.000-08:00

You might hear AMR and American Airlines publicly trumpeting "passenger rights" and even highlighting their new position, "Managing Director--Customer Experience," but for a behind-the-scenes reality check, view their departure dependability goals charted in the "employees only" area at LAX:

http://www.ArrogAAnce.com

If passengers are satisfied with 40.2% of AA flights being