Originally Posted by
zsmith2
Yes $27,500 per pax on the plane is quite expensive. Does the pax get any of that.....nope just the government which allowed the plane to pushback and taxi which got stuck on the taxi way.
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It's not the government's decision to "allow" an airline to push back & taxi. Ground operations at a number of airports -- e.g. Delta has its own control tower at CVG -- are controlled by the airlines. It is the airline and ultimately the captain that decides when & where each plane goes; the government's (FAA's) responsibility is only to see that they operate safely within the available resources.