Airlines Keep Piling On Restrictions

Regarding “As Airlines Change Rules, Passengers Hold the Bag” (Travel Insider, Sept. 15): Once again the airlines are heaping more restrictions and use-it-or-lose-it rules onto travelers, and their pattern of poor service continues. The government approved a $15-billion package to keep the airlines flying, but their service keeps getting worse.

Government aid is sometimes necessary. But there should be a few strings attached, including an independent review of egregious restrictions like those announced recently.

BRENDAN MORRISSEY

Manhattan Beach

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With the new restrictions on ticketing, passengers are going to travel no matter how ill they are, rather than forfeit a costly ticket. Aircraft will become germ incubators, and more people will become sick after flying. I hope the public will patronize only consumer-friendly airlines.

JOAN DeGASPARIS

Pismo Beach