So-called "Passenger Bill of Rights" takes away options from passengers[1]. "We found that for every minute of tarmac time being saved there is, on ave

So-called "Passenger Bill of Rights" takes away options from passengers[1]. "We found that for every minute of tarmac time being saved there is, on average, a three-minute increase in the total passenger delay," said Vikrant Vaze, an assistant professor at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering who co-authored the study. Adopted in 2010, the Transportation Department rule requires that passengers be allowed to deplane within three hours of boarding or landing for domestic flights. Airlines are subject to fines of up to $27,500 per passenger for violations. Hoping to avoid fines, airlines have been quicker to pull the plug on flights, Vaze said. That forces passengers to scramble to find another flight to reach their destination, something that has become increasingly difficult as industry consolidation reduces the number of available seats on planes. Flights that are not canceled have to start lining up anew after letting passengers deplane and then reboard, adding to the ultimate delay. "Most of these extra delays are being felt by those exact same passengers," Vaze said. "It's just that they're not on the tarmac." [1]: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-tarmac-delays-0105-biz-20160104-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-tarmac-delays-0105...