Passenger complaints about delays,cancellations, and denied boarding, including
complaints about being held in airplanes for many hours while awaiting takeoff, have led Congress to consider stronger passenger protections. In recent years, DOT has adopted rules to enhance passenger protections and service quality. First, in 2008, it
amended its overbooking rule to increase the required compensation for involuntarily denied boarding, among other things. This has to be considered a factor in the improvement of airlines performance. Second, in late 2009, after a lengthy rulemaking and a task force report on long tarmac delays, DOT issued its first “Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections” rule. The final rule, in effect since April 29, 2010, requires certain U.S. airlines to develop and implement a contingency plan for lengthy tarmac
delays, including an assurance that, for domestic flights, the airline will not allow a tarmac delay to exceed 3 hours unless the pilot-in-command determines that there is a safety related or securityrelated impediment to deplaning passengers, or that air traffic control has advised the pilot-in-command that deplaning would significantly disrupt airport operations. The airlines’ contingency plans must also include an assurance that adequate food and potable water will be provided no later than 2 hours after the aircraft leaves the gate or touches down, in the case of an arrival, unless the pilot-in-command determines that safety or security considerations preclude such
service.
Passenger complaints about delays,cancellations, and denied boarding, includingcomplaints about being held in airplanes for many hours while awaiting takeoff, have led Congress to consider stronger passenger protections. In recent years, DOT has adopted rules to enhance passenger protections and service quality. First, in 2008, itamended its overbooking rule to increase the required compensation for involuntarily denied boarding, among other things. This has to be considered a factor in the improvement of airlines performance. Second, in late 2009, after a lengthy rulemaking and a task force report on long tarmac delays, DOT issued its first “Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections” rule. The final rule, in effect since April 29, 2010, requires certain U.S. airlines to develop and implement a contingency plan for lengthy tarmacdelays, including an assurance that, for domestic flights, the airline will not allow a tarmac delay to exceed 3 hours unless the pilot-in-command determines that there is a safety related or securityrelated impediment to deplaning passengers, or that air traffic control has advised the pilot-in-command that deplaning would significantly disrupt airport operations. The airlines’ contingency plans must also include an assurance that adequate food and potable water will be provided no later than 2 hours after the aircraft leaves the gate or touches down, in the case of an arrival, unless the pilot-in-command determines that safety or security considerations preclude suchservice.
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