Originally Posted by stevendorechester

I feel sorry for the workers who are losing their jobs but even more so for the thousands of stranded passengers who are either stuck overseas or have had the vacations that they have been saving up for cancelled. It seems there are too many of these stories these days. All airlines should be forced to have an insurance policy to cover these situations. The hike in ticket prices would be negligible. Where I live, in Quebec, when you purchase through a travel agent passengers are covered for these situation through a compensation fund. The extra cost to passengers was about 35 cents per $ 100 dollars but now the fund has been self-sustainable through investments so there is no contribution required. If they need to restart mandatory contributions let the airlines fund it. That or require all airlines to keep money in trust and not part of their general funds until after the service is rendered. The passenger should always come first.