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“Give with a free hand, but give only your own” – J.R.R. Tolkien

[created]… to organize other passengers to pass the long-stalled Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights.
- had been stalled in Congress since at least 1999
- enacted in 2012 (Boxer-Snowe Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights, The FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
- allows passengers the option of getting off delayed planes after 3 hours on the ground
- requires airlines to provide adequate food, water, temperature controls, ventilation and working toilets to accommodate a 3-hour delay. [Can you believe that it was necessary to enact a law via Congress to force airlines to treat their customers with decency?]
more than 40,000 members [2017]
is the largest non-profit consumer organization in the United States representing airline passengers

United Airlines Flight 3411 Incident of April 9, 2017

United Airlines says controversial flight was not overbooked; CEO apologizes again
John Bacon and Ben Mutzabaugh , USA TODAY Published 8:14 a.m. ET April 11, 2017
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/04/11/united-ceo-employees-followed-procedures-flier-belligerent/100317166/

United CEO Apologizes Again After First Mea Culpa Falls Flat
by Michael Sasso, Justin Bachman, and Linly Lin
April 11, 2017, 7:52 AM EDT April 11, 2017, 5:18 PM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-11/united-airlines-tumbles-as-social-media-storm-spreads-worldwide

United Airlines finally apologizes, as image takes beating
Nova SAFO, With Luc Olinga in New York and Roland Jackson in London
AFP
April 11, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-ceo-apologizes-promises-thorough-review-200154639.html

Video shows man forcibly removed from United flight from Chicago to Louisville
Lucas Aulbach , The Courier-Journal Published 12:17 a.m. ET April 10, 2017http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2017/04/10/video-shows-man-forcibly-removed-united-flight-chicago-louisville/100274374/

Bumped from a flight? Know your rights before you fly
Sky McCarthy
By Sky McCarthy Published April 11, 2017
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/04/11/bumped-from-flight-know-your-rights-before-fly.html