Originally Posted by
svenskaflicka
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These were my sentiments, exactly. They will stretch the loopholes until they snap. They won't close the loopholes until someone dies while trapped on one of these planes. It will be too little, too late then.
This isn't a loophole, it makes a mockery of the whole issue.
exceptions allowed only for safety or security or if air traffic control advises the pilot in command that returning to the terminal would disrupt airport operations
It's one thing being trapped in a 747 or even an MD-80, but now this is happening in Regional jets that seem narrower than an SUV.