The scenario Alex gave is totally unlikely in my opinion. What this legislation will mean is the end of being able to get anywhere in a bad weather situation. I.e. more cancellations.

The airline won't just pay crews or idle airplanes that aren't going to go anywhere.

I also doubt that it would be just one person raising their hand to get off. It could be a small amount of people, or it could be a good majority.

What the airlines should do is just make a "mandatory" waiver that would make people would just sign away their right to the rights provided in the bill.

But that contract would probably be illegal. After all, that's essentially what they have said to date: it's our way or the highway.

Personally, I like less regulation in most situations, and I'm sure there were quite a few regulations that probably contributed to the stupidity involved in keeping people on a plane for very long periods of time. Maybe rolling back those regulations could have been tried first before imposing more regulations.

Because now, there's likely to be cancellations even in mild weather delays.

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