Is too long not long enough?

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GilletteNorth
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Is too long not long enough?

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The major airlines in the US don't want to have a reasonable time limit with regards to passengers being held on aircraft during unscheduled delays to flights put into law.

Is is just the bottom line making the call here? Whatever happened to passenger welfare? Commercial aviation has come far since it's beginnings when airlines tried anything and everything to make the trip more pleasant. Passengers now are just considered to be cattle?

How long do you have to be held before it`s kidnapping...
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Re: Is too long not long enough?

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I don't think its kidnapping, afterall I've never heard of a ransom note <LOL>- however, I think you could make a case for forcible confinement. Reduced passenger service and stuffing the passengers in like sardines has made me claustrophic - maybe I better get my pilot's license so at least I can sit up front LOL
GilletteNorth wrote:http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?Cont ... d74a490ec&

How long do you have to be held before it`s kidnapping...
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Post by Lommer »

I wonder how long it will be until some passenger gets up and pulls the emergency exit and slides down the inflatable slide. Obviously the pax in question will end up in a world of shit, but it would be very interesting to see how it all played out.
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