Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
HUH? What did I miss? We don't know whether the flight departed from the USA or not AFAICT.
As the OP did not push back on the initial response about non-USA location, I have been assuming this is departing from a location outside the USA. Rereading the OP, that is not clear -- so until we hear from OP, we do not know. But the airport agents response fits the non-USA departure.
If it was departing from the USA than the DOT do clearly apply. Will adjust my earlier response to make my assumption clear.