By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:50:27 +0000

Why isnt anyone blaming the GOVERNMENT? The airlines dont release these aircraft from it’s gates, ATC does. A governmental agency. The airlines DONT OWN the airports throughout this nation. They dont decide to shut down TSA and have everyone go home. In reality, the airlines are TENANTS with little control over services at the airport. Divert to another city and AIRPORT SERVICES should be available to anyone under that situation. Since when is an airline responsible to have IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS available to itself when it diverts due to weather which is a safety issue. That airport accepted the diversion, now handle the aircraft and it’s occupants which in some cases may require immigration and customs officiers.
Allow it to have a gate, any gate. Clear them, allow them to find hotel accommodations for the night, if need be. However, the one problem I see is that passengers disembark and seek hotels. The aircraft could possibly return to the skies after being serviced, refueled and weather improves…. etc. Those passengers leaving the airport property would lose a seat on that flight and possibly become, STRANDED. The carrier may or may not have service from the diverted airport.
The GOVERNMENT has a big hand in all of this, yet, they silently reframe from taking blame.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:36:20 +0000

Yes, how about full refund of the ticket to the passengers affected if a wait goes beyond a determined period of time. The economic incentive to avoid these delays is what will solve the problem.

By: John M

John M — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:51:47 +0000

I have a question, how much money are the victims of these tarmac delays getting? Ehh? Anyone?? Yeah, that’s what I thought, the government gets the money and the passengers get to sue the airline in order to get anything back.

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