airlines now appear to be cancelling more flights rather than risk penalties for keep you on the tarmac too long. department of transportation fined $28,000 per passenger if they keep your plane on the tarmac three hours or more. airlines are cancelling flights, taking nearly 7,000 planes out of service each month. airline consultants say that is costing us our time saying it takes 18 hours to rebook passengers. dominic is joining us now. financial advisor and president of diversified financial consultants. how are you? i m well. besides what can passengers do about this? not much. the regulations why designed to