Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Measure Contains "Passengers Bill Of Rights," Includes 3 Hour
Rule
Included in the legislation passed Monday by the U.S. Senate
to reauthorize the FAA is the so-called "Passengers Bill of
Rights." The language, championed by FlyersRights.org,
requires the either delayed commercial aircraft return to the gate
after a three hour period on the Tarmac, or that buses go to the
plane to allow passengers to deplane without the plane losing its
place in line.
"Today is an historic day for airline passengers in the United
States," said Flyers Rights Executive Director, Kate Hanni. "By
providing airline passengers with a Bill of Rights, including a 3
Hour limit whereby airlines must return stranded passengers to the
terminal, the United States Senate has spoken boldly and clearly
that the airlines must treat their customers fairly and with
decency, or face consequences."
"On behalf of all airline passengers in the United States, I
would like to thank Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Senator Byron
Dorgan (D-ND) Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Senator Olympia
Snowe (R-ME) the Commerce Committee leadership, and all those that
supported our fight to make the Airline Passengers Bill of Rights a
reality today," added Hanni. "It has been a long and tough struggle
and these Senators deserve a lot of credit for putting consumers
first."
The House of Representatives passed their version of the FAA
bill last year. Now, the House version and the Senate version,
which contain a number of significant differences, must be
reconciled before the bill is finalized and sent to the President
for signature. The laws and taxes which fund the operations of the
FAA expire at the end of March. The House has already passed
another extension of these funding mechanisms and authorizations in
case more time is needed to reconcile the two bills. If the
differences are not reconciled by the end of March, the Senate
would need to pass another extension as well.
"We now call upon the Leaders in the House and Senate who will
be running the Conference to reconcile the two versions of the FAA
bill to expedite the finalization of this vitally important,
landmark legislation, "said Hanni.
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