FlyersRights.org ua faaulu se tagi faasaga i le US Department of Transportation (DOT) i le DC Circuit Court of Appeals ona o lona musu e faamalosia le Fonotaga Montreal fa'atonuina e tatau i kamupani va'alele ona fa'ailoa manino atu aia tatau tau taui mo le tuai o va'alele. Va'ai DOT-OST-2015-0256 i regulations.gov.
I lalo o le Mataupu 19 o le Feagaiga a Montreal, o le feagaiga muamua e pulea femalagaaiga i luga o le ea faavaomalo, e mafai e pasese ona toe maua e oʻo atu i le $5,500 mo le tuai o vaʻalele i malaga faʻavaomalo i luga o le toetoe lava leai se faʻaletonu. Ma o lenei aiaiga e le lauiloa e faʻamalo ai soʻo se konekarate vaalele i se isi itu. O le feagaiga na faʻamaonia e le US i le 2003, o loʻo manaʻomia manino (i lalo o le Mataupu 3) kamupani vaalele e tuʻuina atu i pasese le "faʻaaliga tusitusia i le tulaga pe a talafeagai ai [le] Feagaiga e pulea ma e mafai ona faʻatapulaʻaina le noataga o ave taavale mo ... tuai." O kamupani vaalele i le taimi nei e na'o le fautuaina o pasese e uiga i le fa'atapula'aina o noataga a le kamupani va'alele ma fa'ate'aina so'o se ta'ua o aia tatau tau taui.
"O loʻo faʻaauau pea ona le amanaʻia e le DOT aiaiga faʻaalia o le Feagaiga a Montreal ma le tulafono a Amerika e ala i le faʻatagaina o kamupani vaalele e auai i faiga le saʻo, taufaasese, faʻatauvaʻa, ma faiga faʻatau. O lo'o fa'aauau pea ona fa'apouliuligia e kamupani va'alele i tulafono e le mafai ona fa'ailoaina po'o le fa'a'ole'ole fa'asese e fa'atuai ai aia tatau. Vaai https://www.aa.com/i18n/customer-service/support/liability-for-international-flights.jsp vs https://flyersrights.org/delayedcanceled-flights/ ma le 14 CFR 221.105, 106. Na tuuina atu e le Konekeresi i le DOT le malosiaga faapitoa e puipuia ai tagata faatau mai ia faiga le talafeagai ma taufaasese. O le teena e le DOT e manaʻomia kamupani vaalele e mulimuli i le feagaiga, o se soliga o tulafono a Amerika, "o le tala lea a Paul Hudson, Peresitene o FlyersRights.org
O le FlyersRights.org o lo o fai ma sui i le taualumaga a le faamasinoga e Joseph Sandler, Esq. o Sandler, Reiff, Lamb, Rosenstein & Rosenstock o Washington, DC
