Airlines’ challenge dismissed
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- December
- 20
Good news for airline passengers.
A federal judge threw out the airline industry’s challege to New York’s law requiring food, water, clean toilets and fresh air for passengers when they’ve been stuck on the ground for more three hours.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn decided those were not airline services that could be regulated only by the federal government but health and safety provisions.
Sensible decision.
Especially considering last winter’s debacle at John F. Kennedy International Airport when some passengers were left with none of the above.
The industry group could appeal. Its argument is that only federal authorities should be regulating airlines, not the 50 states.
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on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 9:12 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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I can’t believe that the airlines would fight this. In many instances, it is their fault that the delay is that long. Heaven forbid they actually take responsibility for their shotty service.