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Airplane passengers not entitled to food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air

By Sam Glover

Last year, New York passed its New York State Passenger Bill of Rights which, among other things, requires an airline to provide food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air to passengers trapped in a plane delayed on the ground. The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals put the kibosh on the brand-new Passenger Bill of Rights (PDF link), however, finding that the Bill of Rights is preempted by a federal law, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. (FYI, the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution s read more

Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).