by: The Global Traveller

The events of American Airlines flight 1348 late December (when in bad weather passengers were kept in the aircraft on the ground for 9 hours) has led to a renewed call for improved passenger rights. A glance at the blog of Coalition for Stranded Airline Passenger’s Bill of Rights suggests they are asking for more rights than those provided to passengers of EU airlines under their regulations.

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  1. Passenger Bill of Rights - Musings of The Global Traveller said,

    [...] With Jet Blue the latest airline to keep passengers stranded onboard for hours during last week’s storms, the calls for Passenger Bill of Rights (PBOR) continue unabated. (See this entry on the previous American Airlines incident.) [...]

  2. American Airlines storm policy - Musings of The Global Traveller said,

    [...] a first move to attempt to head off a passenger bill of rights (see this post on why there are renewed calls for one), American Airlines has announced a policy of passengers being stuck onboard a grounded aircraft [...]

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