this year and there are no specifics yet on exactly how much the airlines would have to pay in each circumstance. why is the biden team announcing this now? he is doing this now partly as a perception thing. they want to be seen as taking action on the airlines. there have been multiple travel seasons in a row now of just prolific delays, cancellations, issues like that. reporter: the trade group representing the airlines is responding to the biden proposal with a statement saying u.s. airlines have no incentive to delay or cancel a flight and do everything in their control to ensure flights depart and arrive on time. but safety is always the top priority. the airlines also say that, quote, carriers have taken responsibility for challenges within their control. analysts point out that delays caused by weather and air traffic controller shortages which the faa has already warned could cause problems wouldn t be seen as being the airline s fault. so passengers wouldn t be eligible fo
one why is the biden team announcing this now? this is a perception thing. they want to be seen as taking action on the airlines. there have been multiple travel seasons in a row now of really prolific delays and cancelations. so they want to be seen as having some kind of effect on it. reporter: the trade group representing the airlines is responding to the biden proposal with a statement saying u.s. airlines have no incentive to delay or cancel a flight, and do everything in their control to ensure flights depart and arrive on time. but safety is always the top priority. the airlines also say, quote, carriers have taken responsibility for challenges within their control. analysts point out that delays caused by weather and air traffic control or shortages, which the faa has already warned could cause problems, wouldn t be seen as being the airline s fault, so passengers wouldn t be eligible for compensation in those situations. still, some passengers say they ll take relief anywh
temperatures and powerful winds causing travel chaos throughout the week for airlines have canceled thousands of flights is winter weather in the u.s. grows worse. many travelers are left change their plans or whether busiest travel seasons, more than 6000 flights were canceled just days before christmas. an actuating on my wife to fire greg gets back from minneapolis. she sent me a text and said the plane have been delayed two or three times already precrisis winter blast to strap some people in their homes and in some cases first responders cannot even get the people who need help. in hamburg, new york, max gorden fox news. max gorden, thank you. a host of new laws will take effect in just a few days in the calendar reads 2023. illinois is about scum the first state to get rid of cash bail entirely. some states are raising the minimum wage. lots of impact luckily we have attorney to join us and dug into all this furred merry christmas happy holidays to you and yours. let s get ri
see a fight between a family over there. there is some fun to be had and the roads are reopening. the travel ban has been lifted here. they asked people to stay home from work if they could. definitely a good opportunity to stay home and have some hot chocolate. i m not going to make you stay out in the cold. let s move to you, ron. aaa expects one of the busiest travel seasons since it s been collecting data. what are you seeing there? reporter: nothing like buffalo. new york, new york is a lot different than buffalo, new york. it s sunny, clear. there are no delays at the airport we ve seen since we ve been out here this morning. the biggest day for holiday travel the tsa says was the sunday after thanksgiving back in 2019 and the expectation is that we may hit that level again this year because the conditions of the pandemic, of course, have eased significantly.
since christmas eve, there s been a staggering 15,000 flights called out. passengers have had enough. this is a southwest flight. it would change about every 5 minutes it would be another 6 minutes delay. it was canceled and i tried calling them. for 24 hours. chatting, anything, leaving messages, nobody returned my calls. to spend the time, nothing to eat. stevie all right, it started out one of the busiest travel seasons. jetblue said they had more staffing since the pandemic started. what really happened? jesse: probably a little covid but here s my selection of the faa is listening, seeing a pilot test positive, pair him up with another positive pilot,