reporter: we can tell you that we are talking about terminals b and c at reagan national airport. anybody who goes to this knows that that handles some of the major airlines, we are talking about continental, united, american airlines. u.s. airways some of the major airlines are handled by terminals b and c. we are told the security check points are still working, but we have things like gates and restaurants and services are all out of power. some flights are delayed. let me tell you the airlines that are not, repeat not delayed. they are air canada, air tran. frontier, midwest, and sprint airlines. but some delays have already happened. we haven t gotten any word about cancellation. reagan really handles 16 million passengers a year, it s a big deal, it s a very busy airport right outside d.c in d.c. megyn: no it s in arlington county, virginia. reporter: okay, yeah the closes airport to the power
more than 16,000 passengers each day mostly flying up and down the east coast. spirit reports that its refunding fares to stranded flyers, plus $100 credit toward future bookings and tickets are only good on a handful of carriers, of course, if the seats are available. the airline and pilots have been negotiating through three years over salaries and spirit pilots arguing that their pay lags behind competitors like jet blue and air tran. the strikes began yesterday. in one california community going green is reaching new heights. a woman in malibu building her dream home out of recycled parts from a jumbo jet of course, wait until you hear how she got her hands on the plain, it wasn t easing, shockingly. casey stegall is live in malibu and standing there next to the plane house thing. casey. reporter: and juliet, it s very, very cool, once we get to the pictures. it s not a bird, it s not a plane, it s a house made from a plane. you heard it right. it s flew millions of people arou
like jet blue and air tran. d and thet from the gulf right now. the coast card tells bp it isn t doing enough to get a handle on the oil spill and that the company must map out a more aggressive containment plan within the next 48 hours. steve harrigan is on the coast of grand aisle, louisiana. bring us up-to-date, please. you can see yourself some results of that spill. we are in a state preserve here, a state park, a nature preserve and see the blobs of oil coming together here in a big clump. this is what it looks like up close. it s goo. it feels like hot tar, it really sticks to anything. and this is a tidal pool we re looking at here and ordinary northwest airline you see this teeming with life, with birds, with minnows, with crabs darting around, but you can see here, this was a hermit crab here and it s now colored red like just about everything else, covered with oil and
get no help on booking on other airlines. here is what they had to say. we ve got a message over our phone saying that the flights are on time. about 20 minutes out. so, we were rushing trying to get here and yet here and the flights are canceled. we ll never ever fly spirit air again, and i have to pay u.s. era additional $50 this morning and i already had checked bags on spirit. and spirit is a low cost airline. some passengers say they can t afford to pay the last minute fares on a higher cost carrier, kelly. you can certainly understand their anger, but what are the airlines and the pilots unions saying about all of this? well, the key issue, the key dispute is pay and the pilots said it s not on par with other low cost carriers like jet blue and air tran. the union issued a statement, saying, quote, we have sacrificed so much to see this company prosper, now, we are sacrificing our paychecks until we get a contract that
gregg: right. and air tran? they re pretty good, too? air tran is pretty good. jetblue i would put second. they don t charge for a first checked, but charge for a second. air tran is a little less expensive. gregg: here is what i care about, obviously. and everybody does. saving a buck. who is the cheapest? it depends on what you look at when it comes to decide what a good deal is. spirit airline is notorious for offering 9-cent, 10-cent sale, but they charge fees that when you add them up, they can be the most expensive. gregg: what about jetblue? they are pretty good. they offer not only great deals, they offer deals on their web site, also through twitter and social media. but they also don t charge fees and they have a lot of ad value. you can find free snacks on jetblue. you can find free satellite tv and other airlines, you have to