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Originally Posted by PHXFlyer
Two or three hundred dollars for two hours? What if the flight you are on was a scheduled three to four hour flight? You were going to be on the aircraft anyway. What difference does it make if the aircraft is flying or on the ground? And in my opinion unless you are waiting out the delay in an airline club the terminal isn't much more comfortable than the airplane.
it's not such an easy thing to draw a line and say after so many minutes/hours passengers should be given the option of getting off the plane. Every situation is unique and having a law that is cut and dried won't address every situation.
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Of course nothing is cut and dry, I know it's not really an easy thing to count minutes/hours and relate them to quantum of damages. This happens in many situations not only for airline delay. But some guidelines can be given to airlines and used. But do you really mean that you cannot see that if in a 3 hour flight there is a delay on the tarmac of 2 hours, it means 5 hours in the aircraft instead of 3. Who wants to be stuck in an aircraft for 5 hours for a 3 hour flight?
I surely will prefer to be in the terminal, even if there is the chance (has to be a very slim chance) that the pilot gets the OK to leave and has to take off in 5 minutes. I think the OP's choice was to be in the terminal. People must have the freedom to choose when their liberty is concerned. Most I think would opt for the terminal instead of be in an aircraft cramped, hungry and thirsty, overflowing toilets, crying babies, etc. But if you want to be in the aircraft so long as you can use your cellphone, fine.
If we ever are on the same flight stranded on the tarmac for 11 hours, give me your cell phone number. While I'm sipping a lager and eating a steak sandwich in the terminal building, I'll be happy to give you a call to ask how you're doing.