Pete Buttigieg warns airlines he plans to take action which will make them cancel even MORE flights as his flight home from crunch meeting with industry leaders is cancelled and he’s forced to drive
- ‘That is happening to a lot of people, and that is exactly why we are paying close attention here to what can be done,’ Buttigieg said Saturday
- Almost 800 flights have been cancelled and nearly 3,000 delayed Saturday – the third consecutive day of travel misery for thousands of Americans
- A total of 8,900 delays and 1,470 cancelation thwarted US travels on Friday and more than 1,700 were canceled on Thursday
- Buttigieg said he is pushing the airlines to stress-test their summer schedules to ensure they can operate all their planned flights with the employees they have
- Buttigieg said his department could take enforcement actions against airlines that fail to live up to consumer-protection standards