Thousands of passengers across the country are once again scrambling to find their way to their destinations after a wave of omicron-related sick calls...
“The airlines always want to blame everything on the weather,” Hudson said. “If they blame it on the weather, they don’t have to be responsible for refunds or accommodations if people are stranded.”Federal law gives airlines a narrow set of circumstances for which they have to refund a passenger the cost of a ticket., passengers can get their money back and sometimes even extra compensation.
American does provide compensation such as hotels for “cancellations or delays that were caused by controllable issues” such as maintenance problems, American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Koos said. It also gives meal vouchers for non-weather-related delays of more than three hours. Pilot unions have argued that major problems plaguing the airline industry over the last several months are a result of carriers scheduling too many flights after running reduced operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That means there are fewer pilots around to make up for pilots sidelined by bad weather.When flights are delayed or canceled, passengers are often left at the mercy of airlines, both for getting to their destinations and for getting compensation.to the U.S.
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