Court overturns air passenger rights law

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/...ssenger_rights

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

(I don't like cutting and pasting copyrighted news articles in their
entirety; the URL is safe. Apparently, passenger "rights" don't exist.)
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dgs

"dgs" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/...ssenger_rights

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

(I don't like cutting and pasting copyrighted news articles in their
entirety; the URL is safe. Apparently, passenger "rights" don't exist.)

You really do need some sort of reasonable consumer legislation over there
don't you...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

William Black wrote:

"dgs" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/...ssenger_rights

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

(I don't like cutting and pasting copyrighted news articles in their
entirety; the URL is safe. Apparently, passenger "rights" don't exist.)


You really do need some sort of reasonable consumer legislation over there
don't you...

According to the article, at least one state had that, but the national
government said, "um, no." So yes, we apparently need some sort of
reasonable consumer legislation on the national (federal) level, because
it's not allowed on a state-by-state basis.

We should have had such legislation long ago.
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dgs

"dgs" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/...ssenger_rights

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

(I don't like cutting and pasting copyrighted news articles in their
entirety; the URL is safe. Apparently, passenger "rights" don't exist.)

No "rights" exist independently of a society/legal system willing
to defend them.

Bob M.

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to
provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

I wonder if force majeure would apply for passengers needing to relieve
themselves but not allowed to leave their seats? It could be a very
expensive win for the airlines.

--
Andrew Nightingale of Cambridge (UK)

In dgs
wrote:

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to
provide food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped
in a plane delayed on the ground.

You didn't really think the federal government would let a state
trespass on its territory, did you?

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

dgs wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/...ssenger_rights

A federal appeals court has rejected a law requiring airlines to provide
food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a
plane delayed on the ground.

You could be a bit clearer in what actually happened in you post, like
maybe "Court overturns New York state air passenger's rights law"
The federal court rule the issue was not something state governments had
jurisdiction over. This doesn't mean they agreed passenger rights laws
weren't needed.

William Black sniffs:

You really do need some sort of reasonable consumer
legislation over there don't you...


I think this is a rational take on the situation:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/332bqz



Geoff

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with the trap? To unload the trap, you would fire the
coon into the air like a skeet." -- Alan Gore