Ua waiho ʻo FlyersRights.org i kahi hoʻopiʻi e kūʻē i ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) i ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kaapuni DC no ka hōʻole ʻana e hoʻokō i ka Convention Montreal kauoha ʻia e hōʻike pono nā mokulele i nā kuleana hoʻolohi hoʻolōʻihi i ka lele. E nānā iā DOT-OST-2015-0256 ma kanawai.gov.
Ma lalo o ka ʻatikala 19 o ka ʻĀina ʻo Montreal, ke kuʻikahi mua e hoʻomalu ana i ka huakaʻi lewa honua, hiki i nā mea hele ke hoʻi hou ma kahi o $ 5,500 no ka hoʻopaneʻe lele ʻana i nā huakaʻi kūwaho ma kahi o ka hewa. A ʻo kēia mea i ʻike liʻiliʻi ʻia e hoʻokahuli ai i nā ʻaelike mokulele i kahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kuʻikahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka US ma 2003, koi pono (ma lalo o ka ʻatikala 3) nā mokulele e hāʻawi i nā mea kaʻa i ka "leka hoʻomaopopo i ka hopena kahi e pili ai ke kuʻikahi e hoʻomalu ai a e kaupalena ʻia ka kuleana o nā mea lawe no… lohi." ʻ adviselelo wale nā mokulele i kēia manawa i nā mea kaʻa o nā palena palena o ka mokulele a haʻalele i kekahi ʻōlelo no ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i nā kuleana.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ka DOT e nānā ʻole i nā ʻōlelo o ka Montreal Convention a me ke kānāwai US ma o ka ʻae ʻana i nā mokulele e komo i nā hana kūpono ʻole, hoʻopunipuni, anticompetitive, a me nā predatory. Ke hoʻomau nei ka uhi ʻana o nā mokulele me nā lawese undecipherable a i ʻole hoʻopunipuni hoʻopanee i nā pono uku. E ʻike https://www.aa.com/i18n/customer-service/support/liability-for-international-flights.jsp vs https://flyersrights.org/delayedcanceled-flights/ a me 14 CFR 221.105, 106. Ua hāʻawi ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i ka DOT i ka mana kūʻokoʻa e pale aku i nā mea kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia hana kūpono ʻole a hoʻopunipuni. ʻO ka hōʻole ʻana o ka DOT e koi i nā mokulele e ukali i ke kuʻikahi he mea hōʻeha ia i ke kānāwai US, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e Paul Hudson, Pelekikena o FlyersRights.org
ʻO FlyersRights.org ka mea i koho ʻia ma ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo e Joseph Sandler, Esq. ʻo Sandler, Reiff, Lamb, Rosenstein & Rosenstock o Wakinekona, DC
