Biden Wants To Crack Down On Airline Fees To Increase Competition In The Industry

Did Biden hold-up COVID payments so his name could appear on the check? Which guy did that?
You may have a point. I never got a refund on the Iraq War I didn't order.

Right on the money, Russ.

Absolutely. Let’s let airlines set their own safety protocols without having them meet government set standards, aka “regulations”. I’m sure none of the commercial air carriers will skimp on maintenance, right? /S

Not at all. Democracy is capitalism in governance. People choose the government and laws they want. If commercial capitalism engages in monopolistic tendencies (which happens when there are limited choices such as we have now in the airline industry) that degrade competition and abuse consumers, then consumers have recourse by implementing laws through government constraining abusive practices.

If I want to fly to Europe for a vacation, I have a limited range of choices and a smaller number of times I might choose. If an airline sells me goods and services it doesn't intend to deliver and does not deliver, then it will not feel the absence of my dollars from choosing a different airline the next time I vacation in Europe, if that occasion ever arises. More to the point, it will have profited from me paying for goods and services that went undelivered. Under the present system there is no downside for the airlines abusing consumers.

Take your argument now: The airlines should not be responsible for refunding customers' luggage fees if their luggage is lost or arrives later than is reasonable? Why not? If the airline sells customers wifi, why shouldn't they refund their money if it doesn't work? If the government does not take consumer complaints seriously and enforce basic principles of commerce (you should get what you pay for) then there is no incentive for any airline to ever deliver a good or service for what has been purchased. And what are you going to do -- buy a ticket with a different airline clipping its customers the same way? It is a race to the bottom among airlines that has produced the present system, not burdensome regulation.

Sure, no regulations or rules, right?

Let’s have a free for all with airlines doing whatever they want, no questions asked, right? Let’s not license the pilots or mechanics, right? No need is there? Anyone can put on a uniform and fly a B787, right, no training, no standards required, right?

You live in fantasy land. This is not about politics, it’s about safety and having a viable concern. I can tell you straight, any airline that fails to meet the required standards will not last long and will be grounded quicker than you can say socialism!!

none of your business whether or not i'm vaxed! prove masks work! by garsh, looks like controlling the voter public since another election coming up (can't come soon enough!). biden can be relegated down to the basement where the administration wants him so he "doesn't get in trouble" by answering questions on his own.

only thing I want gov't to regulate is airliner safety. bring back the old flying model from 70's / 80's.

Ivermectin lol.

Really? Price aside, many people prefer softcover (or ebook or audiobook) over heavy hardcover and are happy to pay less for those other forms. Publishers want to sell more books so they offer these different forms to meet consumer desires. (for example, I have rarely purchased a hardcover book but have purchased paperbacks because I toss most paperbacks after I've read them.)

Airlines do not offer seat selection and assigned seats as a way to sell more tickets. They realized that something they had to do anyway (assign seats) could be monetized at no marginal cost by playing on the "fears" of passengers that they would be assigned crappy seats. Selling something to allay a fear that you created is what extortion is all about.