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Buttigieg Knew: State AGs Warned Transportation Agency Of Airline
Debacle Months Ago

https://www.levernews.com/state-officials-warned-buttigieg-about-airline-mess/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/southwest-meltdown-buttigieg-said-september-airline-issues-better-by-holidays

Shortly before Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in
September that airline issues would 'get better' before the holidays,
a bipartisan group of attorneys general warned him that regulators'
lax oversight over the industry was about to lead to chaos.

According to The Lever, federal officials stood by as Southwest
Airlines executives, "flush with cash from a government bailout,"
showered themselves in cash and dividends, instead of shoring up
fundamental issues that have contributed to this week's travel mayhem.

    Four months before Southwest’s mass cancellation of flights, 38
state attorneys general wrote to congressional leaders declaring that
Buttigieg’s agency “failed to respond and to provide appropriate
recourse” to thousands of consumer complaints about airlines customer
service. -The Lever

"Americans are justifiably frustrated that federal government agencies
charged with overseeing airline consumer protection are unable or
unwilling to hold the airline industry accountable," the AGs wrote in
August, urging Congress to pass legislation which would arm state
officials to enforce consumer protection laws against airlines.

On August 2, New York AG Letitia James sent Buttigieg a letter raising
the alarm over "the deeply troubling and escalating pattern of
airlines delaying and canceling flights," especially during the
holidays. The letter made several recommendations, including;

    Require airlines to advertise and sell only flights that they have
adequate personnel to fly and support. Perform regular audits of
airlines to ensure compliance, thoroughly investigate airlines with
excess cancellations, and impose fines on airlines that do not comply.
    Require airlines to provide partial refunds to passengers for any
cancellation that results in a rescheduled flight which the passenger
accepts but that is later or longer than the originally purchased
flight.
    Require airlines to provide full refunds and additional payments
for cancellations that require passengers to cancel their flights and
assume additional costs, such as flights on other airlines, rental car
reservations, gas, or hotel stays, in order to make it to their
destination.
    Require airlines to provide full and prompt refunds to passengers,
at passengers’ request, if flights are delayed for longer than a time
period established by the FAA.
    Impose steep fines for domestic flight delays of more than two
hours and international flight delays of more than three hours that
are not weather-related

Congressional lawmakers put pressure on Buttigieg nearly six months ago.

    Nearly six months ago ⁦@BernieSanders⁩ & I called for Buttigieg to
implement fines & penalties on airlines for cancelling flights. Why
were these recommendations not followed? This mess with Southwest
could have been avoided. We need bold action. https://t.co/wVH4iAezfx
    — Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) December 29, 2022

One week after the letter from the Attorneys General, Buttigieg told
The Late Late Show With James Corden that the airline experience "is
going to get better by the holidays," Lever reports.

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