Here and There

JetBlue announced today their own company bill of rights for passengers.

There are some valuable points to this, such as mandatory deplaning after a certain amount of time on the tarmac (five hours, in JetBlue’s case), and the option of refunds in addition to vouchers in the case of cancelled flights.

But besides not going far enough, there is no accountability (other than the arbitrary whims of marketplace mechanics) to ensure the contingencies are followed.

Which is precisely why we need federal legislation.

Please sign the petition and call/write/email your representatives in Congress. Whether or not you fly, or fly frequently, getting stuck on a plane without food, water, clean air, or clean toilets is surely something you want to safeguard against.

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