SKY CLUB AT RALEIGH OPENS. Delta has finally opened a snazzy new 4000-sq-ft Sky Club at RDU’s brand new Terminal 2 offering complimentary Wi-Fi, beverages and snacks, personalized flight assistance, a full-service bar and satellite TV.
NO MORE THAN THREE. Lengthy tarmac delays are a rarity at ATL thank goodness! But they do happen (but mostly up north due to snow and ice or de-icing.) Nonetheless, the feds have enacted new rules (effective later this winter) that will force airlines to provide food and water after two hours on the tarmac and a mandated return to the gate if they’ve been on the tarmac for more than three hours. If they don’t, they are fined $27,000 per passenger (that’s $5.5 million for a planeload of 200 pissed off passengers). Ouch! While the airlines are saying that the new rule will do more harm than good, the reality is that when faced with a fine like that, they will be forced to make operational changes that, in the long run, will prevent the horror stories we’ve all heard about folks stuck in stinky planes for hours on end. Your TICKET editor has a comment about the whole brouhaha in this ABCNews.com article.
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