With respect to point 1, I'd tend to agree (but "to" the US, at least colloquially, would seem to imply
terminating in the US, not
via the US). In any event, that leads to, point two:
Nowhere did I say DoT
would intervene. Nowhere did I say that DoT
would assess a penalty on EY.
I simply said, now for the fifth time, that
if DoT did choose to intervene and chose to assess a penalty, EY would reinstate the tickets as opposed to being slapped with a fine that could easily be in the millions of dollars.
Originally Posted by
thexfactor
One thing is clear:
If, after an EY cancellation, the DoT comes down on EY, the tickets will be re-instated.
A single violation of that DoT reg is > than the cost of full fare F tickets on this route.
(Yeah, I supposed there could be some sort of settlement between EY and the purchasers, too.)
(Note, seems you've missed my point regarding the $400K/$25K. I wasn't stating that each FRTLK ticket was $25,000. The $25,000 figure is the per instance (cap?) penalty for a violation of the subject regulation.)