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Pete Buttigieg: “We started the work to develop a policy, a rule that would…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Mike Muse Interviews Pete Buttigieg on America's Future, Leadership & Public Service

Published | Video Starts at 08:50

They're not going anywhere. Others unfortunately have been changed or rolled back by the Trump administration. And this is an example of that. So We started the work to develop a policy, a rule that would say if you get delayed for more than three hours and it's the airline's fault...you should be compensated for your time. fault, I'm not talking about weather. We all know weather is weather. But if the airline could have done something and they let you down, then it's not enough to just make sure you eventually get to where you're going. (08:50–09:15)

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Asserts that the Department of Transportation initiated a policy for compensating passengers for airline-caused delays over three hours.

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