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T-day for Airlines:
New DOT Tarmac Rule
May Ground Passengers

April 29. 2010 - Airline passenger advocate Kate Hanni's four year effort to ground airline delays took flight today as new DOT tarmac rules went into effect. Aircraft operators refusing to return to the gate after three hours now face fines of $27,500 per passenger.  Earlier this week, a few carriers made veiled threats of flight cancellations in crowded New York airports, suggesting they may cancel flights altogether when delays are excessive. Hanni held a Washington DC "strand in" asking law makers to waste 6 hours "trapped" in a simulated grounded airliner. They wasted no time voting for her new regulation.