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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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[–] 65 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Cutting off all potential sources of financial income or relief. Destroying our crops and reducing access to food and water.

Why does it seem like war tactics are being used against us?

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  • [+] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)
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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "Farmers want their livestock dead."

    Seen your comment dozens of times. I cannot fathom how lemmy thinks the rich want us dead when their money is dependent on our labor.

    I think there's an element of misunderstanding how stocks work, thinking they can just trade money around indefinitely with no actual products and value. Seems the rich think the same ATM. 🤦🏻‍♂️

    Don't look of "Buffett Index". Or do, and prepare. You do you.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    You are also Lemmy. Lemmy isn't a homogenous entity.

    Their money is dependent on labour, not necessarily human labour. Over 100 years of industrial revolution and mass layoffs in the face of new machinery has taught us that.

    Why do you think AI and robots are being developed and pushed so hard by the ultra rich?

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    • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yet again I have to mention my thing about biden being the best president of my lifetime. So many nice littel quality of life things done and now reversed. ugh.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Early on, i said Biden could go down as on of the greats. He made a slew of excellent calls in the beginning. I'll controversially claim Afghanistan withdrawal as one those good calls, in the circumstances, as well. Its a shame he couldn't maintain that form.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    To be fair, credit goes to his team. Biden had no clue what was going on.

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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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    • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    These thin skinned assholes dont fear the people enough. We need a new guillotine era.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Airlines getting away scot-free, great for them, bad for consumers

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