More on "passengers bill of rights"
 

Another article in today's Newark Star Ledger

http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/stories/afbb91.html

This is the first one I've seen where the Air Traveler's Association admits that this will cost everyone more money in the long run.

There's another article at the CNN site; point your browser to:

http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9903/10/passenger.rights.02/


Included is this interesting chart (I don't know why it doesn't show UA or AA):

Airline Rate Per Involuntary
10,000 Bumps
passengers
TWA 2.61 6,039
Southwest 1.73 10,230
Alaska 1.40 1,822
Delta 1.31 13,449
America West 1.14 2,074
Source: U.S. DOT