Originally Posted by
anc-ord772
THE STATUS QUO IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Even if 3 hours is the wrong answer, the airline industry is not doing a good job policing itself, so what is the answer?
If airlines had a comprehensive approach to this issue passengers would not need a blanket rule, which in the end may inconvenience them as well. I was surprised 3 hours is the cutoff, but the airlines track record over the years to keep people from sitting without food and water in a metal tube on the ground for 5,6,7,8,9 hours is atrocious.
+1. Self-regulation doesn't work, and hasn't worked in this instance. ^^ to Obama for not being reluctant to regulate and impose mandates where a voluntary approach hasn't worked. If it were a matter pertaining to individual passengers (like "air rage") a voluntary approach wouldn't even be TRIED; it'd go straight to a law.