Originally Posted by
Loose Cannon
Perhaps I should clarify. No IDB whatsoever. once the person had his Boarding Pass scanned and is therefore considered "boarded" whether actually in his seat, on the plane or queuing in the jetway.
I do think that the current caps on IDB compensation should become floors instead with no cap. And those "floors" should be adjusted upward annually for inflation.
There are already floors. The airline is free to offer goodwill money in excess of the required IDB amount by law (the floor). But the problem is that if the required IDB amount is less than what the airline needs to offer to get enough VDBs, then management beancounters will tell GAs to just IDB people because it's cheaper (neglecting any PR disasters that occur as a result of this, of course).