Originally Posted by
goalie
just my humble opinion that if it got to that level, the current scotus (n.b. "current"*) would either refer the case back to the lower court or find a way to say that it infringed a hardship (or something similar) on the airlines-similar to what happened with the ny pax bor (but that was a state law overturned on the grounds that it was state trying to mandate something federal. do i want to see a pax bor, 100% yes but i don't think it will ever happen but on the oft chance that it does, it will be a disasster for pax as congress will find a way to screw it up (*and yes, i'm trying to avoid an omni-ish comment
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The airlines seem to believe that they have no chance if something is passed at the Federal level, hence the enormous efforts by the airline lobby to kill past bills. The last time Congress came close to passing a bill the airlines came out with the "voluntary" customer commitments. That seemed to placate Congress for the time being. Expect to see further proposed legislation if United and other airlines keep reneging on these past commitments.