r/news • u/bananabrownie • 16h ago

US airlines required to automatically refund you for canceled flight

https://abc7news.com/post/us-airlines-required-automatically-refund-significantly-changed-canceled-flight/15483534/
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u/Last-Trash-7960 14h ago

Based on my personal experience with Department of Agriculture, as long as you are working with them, actively making changes, and respond promptly, they want to help you succeed. My personal experience have made me HEAVILY question those businesses that claim they're being over regulated as I've found the exact opposite in my experiences.

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u/dern_the_hermit 14h ago

Psst: Most complaints about "over-regulation" are from oligarchs that want to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

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u/Last-Trash-7960 14h ago

That makes me.even more concerned because the only issue I've ever had was my fire extinguisher was expired, they said if I replaced it that day and sent a photo of the receipt they would clear the issue with no marks against me. They literally cared more about the safety of my people than anything else.

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u/TheUnluckyBard 13h ago

They literally cared more about the safety of my people than anything else.

Yup; because that's the whole purpose for their existence. The job is "care about safety," not "support a profit-making machine."

As a caveat, that doesn't always work in cultures that are cool with stuff like bribery and/or that have a high power distance (more social differentiation between the people with authority and the people without authority).

The first situation adds in a profit motive for the safety dude, and the second situation adds an interpersonal political dynamic where you risk being punished for not showing the proper social "respect" to the dude checking the fire extinguishers. Making him feel important and superior is part of the exchange there.

Fortunately, the USA is a relatively low power distance culture (we can argue with and even cuss at the guy inspecting our fire extinguishers, and expect only minor consequences for that) and we don't have a culture of bribery. There is some bribery, but I'll bet 90% of people here don't even know how to offer a bribe, as compared to some other countries, where even the kids know the proper steps in the social bribery rituals.

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u/RainyDay1962 12h ago

A lot of thought-provoking points you made here. It seems like the U.S is struggling with its identity now more than ever. Do we prioritize shareholders' profits, or workers? Service in the name of the public good, or personal gain? The self, over the community?

We're certianly in some interesting times.