almitywife
Vegemite Mod
ive read a few threads on SB about being stuck on planes for hours with no information, water or fresh air.........
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22182002-5001028,00.html
NY Grounded passengers get bill of rights
AIRLINE passengers grounded for hours at New York's airports will be assured water, food and toilets under a bill of rights, the first of its kind in the US.
New York's measure, signed by Governor Eliot Spitzer today, requires airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets and fresher air to passengers stuck on tarmacs for more than three hours.
Airlines could face fines of $US1000 ($1166) per passenger for failing to provide the amenities, the Associated Press reported.
The move comes after passengers on JetBlue planes were stranded for up to 11 hours at New York's John F Kennedy airport during a snow storm in February.
JetBlue blamed congestion, frozen equipment and an effort to keep planes ready to go in case the weather got better. Later that month, the airline wrote its own "bill of rights".
The US Government cannot limit the time an airline can keep passengers on the tarmac and the US airlines' voluntary code of conduct simply says that during extraordinary delays, they will make "reasonable efforts" to meet passenger needs for food, water, restroom facilities and medical assistance.
There were a record number of flight delays at New York City's three major airports in the first four months of 2007, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
In all, 38 per cent of all flights at Newark Liberty, John F Kennedy and LaGuardia were either late or cancelled, leading to disruptions across the US.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22182002-5001028,00.html
NY Grounded passengers get bill of rights
AIRLINE passengers grounded for hours at New York's airports will be assured water, food and toilets under a bill of rights, the first of its kind in the US.
New York's measure, signed by Governor Eliot Spitzer today, requires airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets and fresher air to passengers stuck on tarmacs for more than three hours.
Airlines could face fines of $US1000 ($1166) per passenger for failing to provide the amenities, the Associated Press reported.
The move comes after passengers on JetBlue planes were stranded for up to 11 hours at New York's John F Kennedy airport during a snow storm in February.
JetBlue blamed congestion, frozen equipment and an effort to keep planes ready to go in case the weather got better. Later that month, the airline wrote its own "bill of rights".
The US Government cannot limit the time an airline can keep passengers on the tarmac and the US airlines' voluntary code of conduct simply says that during extraordinary delays, they will make "reasonable efforts" to meet passenger needs for food, water, restroom facilities and medical assistance.
There were a record number of flight delays at New York City's three major airports in the first four months of 2007, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
In all, 38 per cent of all flights at Newark Liberty, John F Kennedy and LaGuardia were either late or cancelled, leading to disruptions across the US.
