WASHINGTON — A government task force has come up with its solution for lengthy airline delays that often keep passengers stranded on the tarmac for hours:
It decided to let the airlines solve the problem for themselves.
The tarmac task force, as it is informally known, adopted a report on Wednesday that includes guidelines for crafting contingency plans for dealing with lengthy tarmac delays.
But, after meeting for nearly a year and running up a taxpayer tab of $135,000, it did not recommend any new laws or regulations. It decided that the airlines and airports could decide for themselves whether to follow or ignore its guidelines.
The task force wasn't even able to agree on what constitutes a "lengthy delay" — one hour, two hours or 10 hours.
Aren't you glad we just gave another Federal agency $700 billion to fix the financial mess? Does anyone think they'll do better than the tarmac task force?
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