My point was that this was offered, but neither CO or ExpressJet mentioned this in their "pass the buck" press releases. It also causes me to question the premise for keeping the hostages on the plane. What if the Captain had accepted and allowed the hostages to take the bus? How could that have been offered as an option, if the reason for the hostage situation was that it was impossible to disembark for security reasons? How did the A320 passengers get round the security dilemma? There is a lot more to this story than meets the eye... and I look forward to the full report.
The scrambling of Delta, Continental's and ExpressJet's CEO's rushing to defend themselves, "support the passengers" and co-operate with the DOT to ensure it doesn't happen again are the actions of a desperate rearguard action to try and stop a flyers rights bill. This is the only solution and we should not accept a rule change by the DOT which does not have the power of the law behind it.
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