The Department of Transportation (DOT) has long been an outlier in the world of general consumer protections. Prior to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood’s proclamation that DOT had enough of the delays that the airlines continued in dealing with tarmac delays, the only consumer issues covered by DOT were denied boarding compensation (bumping) and lost [...]

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