Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights.
Buttigieg has been sparring with the airlines since late spring over high numbers of canceled and delayed flights. In his latest salvo, he told airline CEOs he appreciates that airlines have stepped up hiring and trimmed schedules to better match the number of flights they can handle.The head of another airline trade group took issue with Buttigieg's praise of schedule cuts.
"There is a lot of responsibility to go around in this crisis and solving means solving it for the long term, not just trimming back capacity until the only people with air service are those traveling between the large urban centers," Black said.
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