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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Court overturns air passenger rights law - 2008/03/25 10:49 This just in from the AP:

"A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down the first law in the nation requiring airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers trapped in a plane delayed on the ground.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said New York's new law interferes with federal law governing the price, route or service of an air carrier.

The law was challenged before the appeals court by the Air Transport Association of America, the industry trade group representing leading U.S. airlines.

"If New York's view regarding the scope of its regulatory authority carried the day, another state could be free to enact a law prohibiting the service of soda on flights departing from its airports, while another could require allergen-free food options on its outbound flights, unraveling the centralized federal framework for air travel," the court wrote.

It said that while the goals of the law were "laudable" and the circumstances prompting its adoption "deplorable," only the federal government has the authority to pass such regulations.

The law was passed after thousands of passengers were stranded aboard airplanes for up to 10 hours on several JetBlue Airways flights at Kennedy International Airport on Valentine's Day 2007. They complained that they were deprived of food and water and that toilets overflowed. A month later, hundreds more passengers were stranded at the same airport after a daylong ice storm."
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Court overturns air passenger rights law - 2008/03/26 17:46 I would hate to be one of the people trapped on that airplane, but after reading the court's justification I can kind of see why they ruled as they did. Now, wouldn't it be nice if the federal government stepped up to the plate and passed a similar law as the court seemed to suggest that they should.
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Court overturns air passenger rights law - 2008/03/28 14:59 Calypso wrote:
I would hate to be one of the people trapped on that airplane, but after reading the court's justification I can kind of see why they ruled as they did. Now, wouldn't it be nice if the federal government stepped up to the plate and passed a similar law as the court seemed to suggest that they should.

I agree. Just because I consider myself a frequent flyer, and thank god I have never experien ces something like those people went through. The Federal government should do something.
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