^ Make it the consumers choice. Perhaps all airlines should have an automatically added "Trip Insurance" that can be removed by the consumer, but in doing so, the consumer has to agree that the airline cannot be held responsible for anything out of their control. I am sure many of the large travel insurance companies would be more than willing to sign major deals with the airlines.
Bottom line, make it the consumers choice, not the governments.
I agree with this.
This whole JetBlue fiasco is getting press now but in 90 days the whole thing will be but a memory. Did NW change how they do business because of the DTW fiasco...maybe a little but not much, did AA change their operation because of the AUS nightmare...not really, did JetBlue make attempts to change their ops because of JFK...I think we could say yes.
I'm not a JetBlue fan just a realist. In time this will all blow over. People forget, most forgive and its business back to normal. JetBlue will lose some customers but people will still fly them if they have a low fare.