“Even under normal temperatures a tarmac delay is not supposed to go that long and we have rules about that, which we are actively enforcing and this is being investigated right now” - Pete Buttigieg
How long can an airline keep me on a DEPARTING flight before the airline is required to start moving the airplane to a location where passengers can safely get off?
For flights departing from a U.S. airport, airlines are required to begin to move the airplane to a location where passengers can safely get off before 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights.
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Seems like the rules were followed. Also, that number seems like it should be an hour at most. At least in my uneducated opinion. And there really should be further regulations when it comes to acceptable temperatures inside the plane while waiting. I feel like I read similar stories to this every year or so.
“Even under normal temperatures a tarmac delay is not supposed to go that long and we have rules about that, which we are actively enforcing and this is being investigated right now” - Pete Buttigieg
Yet from the transportation.gov website:
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Seems like the rules were followed. Also, that number seems like it should be an hour at most. At least in my uneducated opinion. And there really should be further regulations when it comes to acceptable temperatures inside the plane while waiting. I feel like I read similar stories to this every year or so.