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NY Air Travelers Have Rights. Well, Some Anyway ...
I'm sure we've all heard of, seen or experienced first hand the horrors of flight delays. Aside from long in-airport delays, I've been pretty lucky in that I've never had to wait inside a plane for hours without food or water. But others haven't been so fortunate, like the people on this flight or this one. But don't think that the powers that be haven't noticed how much it can suck being a lowly coach passenger. Governor Eliot Spitzer has signed a 'passenger's bill of rights' which is meant to protect air travellers in New York in case of such delays. According to the bill, New York airlines must provide passengers with food, water, fresh air, power and working bathrooms on any flights that have been sitting on the Tarmac for 3 hours.
Wait a second .... 3 hours? That seems like a bit much ... I wonder how Eliot Spitzer would feel about waiting 3 hours to go to the bathroom. An hour sitting in the tarmac is enough to warrant fresh water, food and bathrooms if you ask me.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
anika Aug 14th 2007 1:21PM
It is very important to have accident insurance for travel especially to countried such as New Zealand.
www.accidentinsurancetravel.biz
RayB Aug 17th 2007 3:37PM
In the beginning of June, 2007, my wife and I sat on the tarmac at JFK for over 3 hours before we could take off. They were only using 1 engine for the AC to preserve fuel. This was the start of a 9 hour flight to Rome. What Bill of Rights?