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US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights (www.reuters.com)
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President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it was formally withdrawing a plan by his predecessor (Biden) to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when U.S. flight disruptions are caused by carriers.

Last month, a group of 18 Democratic senators urged the Trump administration not to drop the compensation plan.

Airlines in the U.S. must refund passengers for canceled flights, but are not required to compensate customers for delays. The European Union, Canada, Brazil and Britain all have airline delay compensation rules. No large U.S. airline currently guarantees cash compensation for significant flight disruption.

USDOT also announced in September it was considering rescinding Biden regulations requiring airlines and ticket agents to disclose service fees alongside airfares.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

this is actually a big point of presidents. Reagan actually picked some very good folks initially but dropped ones who disagreed with him. I don't like reagan but if he had listened to his initial picks he might have been decent. You basically want someone who can put together a great team. This is also what makes trumps presidency so very bad.

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