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Joe: on most of these can you pull one lever and the door opens? my thought process is it is a two man job, work comp located, the way bombs are made. >> it's pretty simple, more like the sliding of the lever, it gets complicated. evacuation slides, a passenger perspective is designed to be very easy, passengers can evacuate very quickly. joe: coming out of 9/11 there's all kinds of misconceptions about flight, what you can or can't do, is it or is it safe? some anxiety flying, would something like this happen? >> in the us, after 9/11 and the attacks everyone is on guard on an airplane. if th...

We will have to see where these investigations go and whether or not any prosecution is brought. absolutely, a quick thought about passengers, what it means for people who might have tickets coming up to some schools, breaking up holidays — what does it mean for passengers is might have routes been operating normally from a passenger perspective? normally from a passenger perspective?_ normally from a passenger --ersective? , ., ., , , ., perspective? the short answer is no, they haven't — perspective? the short answer is no, they haven't been _ perspective? the short answer is no, they ha...

On how high it goes. but passenger perspective, that contract of carriage is there to protect the airline and protect you as far as being a traveler goes. >> yeah. richard, i mean, think about the economic hit united has taken from this compared to what, you know, they could have offered the passengers to kind of avoid this whole situation. the fact of the matter, though, richard, flying in today's world, there are few options. most of the big airlines merged so if you need to get from point "a" to point "b," a lot of times they hold the power. >> i will be blunt here. this is going to have ve...

Anderson, this is gone around the world and back over the last 24 hours. it's really quite extraordinary. >> yeah. i mean, john, what kind of rights do passengers have in these kind of scenarios? >> well, breaking it down, really two categories. you have the voluntary bump and the involuntary bump. this particular situation got to an involuntary bump. the maximum passenger is entitled to is $1,350. on the voluntary side of it, it can escalate up depending on really kind of a negotiation process with the gate agent obviously that also entails a bit of supervisor approval based on how high it go...