DOT Inspector General Urges Airlines, Airports to Fight ‘Strandings’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.27.07 | 11:49 AM ET
Passengers’ rights advocates have kept their goals, including securing a minimum amount of time air travelers can be stuck on planes, in the news lately with a splashy publicity campaign. Congress has responded with legislation. Now the Department of Transportation’s inspector general has weighed in with a report recommending that “airlines, airports, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and DOT must work together to reduce long, on-board delays and minimize the impact on passengers when these delays occur.” USA Today called it a “tough report,” but Paul Hudson of the Ralph Nader-affiliated Aviation Consumer Action Project said “the recommendations are as weak-to-nonexistent as ever,” according to the New York Times. “There is no mention of the word ‘rights.’”
Related on World Hum:
* Audio slide show: Stranded at the National Mall
* Kate Hanni: ‘The Ralph Nader of the Skies’
Photo of planes at JFK by stephenhanafin, via Flickr (Creative Commons)
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
