A third airline is requesting to be exempt from a new federal rule that limits the time passengers can be held sitting in a plane on the runway due to construction at a local airport.
American Airlines say the delays caused by the closure of the main runway at John F. Kennedy Airport could cost them millions of dollars.
The airline is joined Delta and JetBlue in filing for the exemption.
The three airlines are the biggest operators at John F. Kennedy Airport.
A new Department of Transportation rule that takes effect April 29th orders airlines to let passengers off planes that are delayed on the tarmac for three hours or more, or face fines of up to $27,500 per passenger.
JFK’s Bay Runway closed this month for repaving, which is expected to take four months.
While the airlines have already cut their schedules to help ease delays, they fear the situation could still present a problem.
(Source: http://www.ny1.com/)
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Let me get this straight. So they basically want to run into the construction vehicles! Not very smart! Their planes are also going to need a lot of construction after that little adventure!
no they want to keep u on the plane for 12 hours without having to take u off and loose money its all about the dough!
Perhaps the airport should be fined since they schedule which plane gets to take off and in what order.
If each flight had a waiting number, like the numbers people take in some small stores and then get called, “Now serving #23” for example, then the passengers could wait in the airport lobby and when their flight is lets say places back in line to take off, they should board the plane then.
That way the wait on the tarmac would be no more then a half hour at most and no one has to loose any money and the passengers do not need to be cooped up on the plane, all that time.
hereorthere for president!