New York had its legal wings clipped over a law that was designed to protect passengers in long delays waiting in airplanes at airports. The 2d U.S. Court of Appeals shot down the state of New York saying that while the laws goals were "laudible", it infringed on federal laws covering the same issue. And further, if states want to prevent the conditions that inspired this law, they'll have to get the federal government to change things.
Uh-huh.
And if you thought the feds were looking out for you, think again. It seems that there's not as many deployed sky marshals as we were led to believe. They may number as few as 1 percent of all U.S. flights, though the TSA disputes that. Perhaps the prospect of having an angry and armed sky marshal stuck for 13 hours in a delayed plane without a usable bathroom or food and drink may spur the Congress to pass a Federal "Passengers Bill of Rights."
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