U.S. Transportation Secretary Warns Airlines to Help Travelers or Face New Rules

No more sleeping in airport terminals? It will be interesting to see how airlines define "not our fault" for cancellations and delays.

Add getting the luggage to the destination with the passengers.

Unintended consequences! The politicians shut everything down when covid hit. They forced rules that made business very difficult. Airlines, schools and many other businesses were dramatically affected. Businesses cut staff, offered early retirement, buyouts and the politicians even paid people money not to work. What could go wrong here? So many retired, took buyouts, found a new profession. Now the schools are having difficulty finding teachers, empty classrooms when parents self taught or found charter schools, airlines and other businesses have staff shortages throughout their business. So now the politicians are blaming everyone but themselves for the problems they created.

Buddigieg is about as smart as Biden and Harris. Throw money at this boondoggle and watch the ticket prices skyrocket as well as hotel rates!!

It's a shame to see this forum go from constructive discourse to everyone putting up their political and social comments. Where did all you guys go? what has replaced you is shameful on what is supposed to be a professional pilots forum.

I feel much better knowing that our federal government is on the case...(insert copious amount of sarcasm here.)

A tyrant's solution to every problem is more rules and draconian enforcement. Never an intellegent idea to address the root cause.

I think Pete Buttigieg is still on the steep part of the learning curve. Some airlines don't sell tickets, e.g., SkyWest. Some airline ticket sellers don't operate airplanes, e.g., Priceline, Expedia, etc. It is not illegal to over-sell. Some commercial airports don't have flights seven days a week. A cookie cutter approach won't work.

It’s easy for Pete to blame it on the airlines, they need a person that knows aviation in the trans department not Joe’s guy Pete.

Make passengers who try to fit full-size luggage into overhead bins "run the arrow."

Without federal mandates the airlines will do nothing to benefit passengers. Sounds likeDOTis doing nothing again.

Those Democrats just keep sticking us.

Government out of its lane once again....as usual

The politicians shut everything down under Trumpty Dumpty’s watch, if I recall correctly. Guess his transportation “guru” was not too bright.