events in our lives and our economy depends on these airlines doing a good job. when you board a flight, whether you are up before dawn, coffee in hand, ready to go to a conference or up past everyone s bedtime wrangling toddlers like we were the other night you count on that airline to provide the service that you paid for. we re here today to share the latest steps that we are taking to ensure that airlines do just that. it s important to note here that just over two years ago when president biden took office in the depths of the pandemic the biggest concern around our nation s airlines was whether they would stay in business at all, and if they did, how many years or even decades it would take for them to recover. but president biden acted to restore this economy swiftly and demand came back faster than most forecasters thought was even possible. we know some u.s. airlines have struggled to meet that demand. now, weather remains the top cause of airline delays, but staffin
to scramble to find other ways for reaching their destinations. many missed family gatherings, spent christmas at an airport, waited countless hours in line or on the phone because there weren t enough pilots, there weren t enough personnel. that s unacceptable. while flight delays and cancellations have come down since then there s still a problem. american air travelers deserve better and that s what we re going to do. that s what we re doing here today. i m proud to announce two critical steps that my administration is taking to protect american air passengers. first, we just launched a new website flightsright.gov. flightsright.gov. it features a dashboard we created last fall to give travelers more transparency into airlines compensation policies. so if it s the airlines fault and your flight was canceled or delayed you can check the dashboard to see how the