We need a mandatory law, required by Act of Congress, compensation structure as follows

Price of Ticket:

$100 or less --NO LIMIT
$101-599 --NO LIMIT
$600-1349 --NO LIMIT
$1744-2001 --NO LIMIT

Amount of Delay:

60 seconds or less --NO LIMIT
1-1/2 hours --NO LIMIT
3.6 hours -- NO LIMIT
over 7 hours --NO LIMIT

Status of Passenger

Gold --NO LIMIT
Silver --NO LIMIT
Bronze --NO LIMIT
Kryptonoum --NO LIMIT
DYWKIA --NO LIMIT

Type of Ticket:

Paid with $$ --NO LIMIT
Paid with voucher --NO LIMIT
Half price --NO LIMIT

Other factors

# of cars in your driveway --NO LIMIT
# of FF posts in the past year --NO LIMIT
# of intelligent FF posts in the past year --NO LIMIT
"I'm a doctor" --NO LIMIT

*NOTE For any situation not specified above, require a US Senator or Member of House of Representatives be stationed at each Commercial airport in the country to arbitrate disputes