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Passenger airlines aren’t just any other business. First they deal with travel, which is a Constitutional Right (of course that’s a general right not a specifi
by throwawaycities 5y ago
Passenger airlines aren’t just any other business.
First they deal with travel, which is a Constitutional Right (of course that’s a general right not a specific right travel by passenger airline, but still there is no constitutional right to “utilities”). To that end most passenger transportation services are public utilities and regulated as such.
Airlines for the most part operate on government owned property, a federal agency (TSA) does security checks on customers, a federal agency (FAA) regulates equipment/employees/operations, and undercover federal marshals often secure planes during travel.
Ironically CEOs from the airline industry have previously come out asking to be regulated as utilities specifically because competition makes the industry financially unviable. It is an industry that has received taxpayer bailouts.
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- marrone12 5y agoI think it's a bit of a stretch to say a single airline having canceled flights infringes upon individual liberty. Not only is every other airline still functioning, but there are other modes of transport. Taking someone's passport without due process infringes upon liberty, but this is not that.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> they deal with travel, which is a Constitutional Right No, it is not. Air travel has been held up by zero courts as a Constitutional right, which is why the federal government can restrict it. Even interstate travel isn't a Constitutional right, which is why it, too, can be restricted with solely administrative procedures. > that’s a general right not a specific right travel by passenger airline, but still there is no constitutional right to “utilities” There is no Constitutional right to "utilities," either, which is why power and water companies can cut you off if you don't pay, just a variety of legal rights.