STATES ARE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR RIGHTS AWAY ALREADY.
RIGHTS AWAY ALREADY.
>> FIRST, FLYING THIS JULY 4
WEEKEND?
IS PROVING TO BE A BIG HOLIDAY
HEADACHE.
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT
CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS ARE
RUINING PLANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE LATEST, 2000031509 AND THAT
WAS JUST TODAY.
CANCELLATIONS, 2881.
7100 FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF AND
ACROSS THE U.S. WERE DELAYED AND
ANOTHER 500 PLUS CANCELED
YESTERDAY.
ONE AIRLINE IS HANDING OUT MAJOR
PAYDAYS TO ANYONE WILLING TO GET
OFF THEIR FLIGHT.
DELTA OFFERED TEN GRAND TO GET
OFF OF FLIGHT FROM MICHIGAN TO
MINNESOTA.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NORMALLY I
FLY AMERICAN AIRLINES THAT I
HAVE SWITCHED TO DELTA BECAUSE
THEY OFFER ME $10000, I WILL DO
THAT.
>> I AGREE BUT WE’VE GOT TO GET
MORE FACTS.
THE BIG PROBLEM IS WHY ARE THERE
SO MANY CANCELLATIONS?
WHAT BOTHERS ME, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WOULD STOP THE
VACCINE MANDATES, LET PEOPLE
QUIT OR LOST THEIR JOBS SO THEY
CREATED THIS PROBLEM.
THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT THIS BUT
THE VACCINE MANDATE THAT FORCED
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AIRLINE
INDUSTRY’S TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
ANITA: I FLY BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE COUNTRY QUITE A BIT,
I’VE NEVER EXPERIENCED SO MANY
FLIGHT DELAYS, CANCELLATIONS.
IT’S LIKE NINE OUT OF EVERY TEN
FLIGHTS HAVE PROBLEMS AND
GENERALLY IT IS THAT THEY CAN’T
GET ENOUGH CREWS TOGETHER.
CHARLIE, WHY IS THAT?
IS WHAT LEO SAYING CORRECT,
COVID-19 WREAK HAVOC WITH ALL
THIS?
>> THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT AND
HAVING POLITICAL OPINIONS IS FUN
AND GAMES UNTIL IT COMES DOWN TO
RUNNING THEM MASSIVE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND WHEN
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS MONKEY
WITH THOUGHT, YOU WIND UP WITH
BIG PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE DO FEEL
IT.
AS COMING UP HERE TO NEW YORK
FROM SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE
IDEA OF SPENDING THE NIGHT AT
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NO WAY.
I DROVE MY TRUCK FROM MY HOME TO
D.C. AND GOT THE TRAIN AND TOOK
THE TRAIN BECAUSE I FIGURED IF
THE TRAIN -- I COULD GET A BUS
OR RENT A CAR.
>> GAS PRICES ARE SO LOW RIGHT
NOW --
>> YOU KNOW THINGS ARE REALLY
BAD WHEN PEOPLE WOULD RATHER
DRIVE AT $6 A GALLON OF GAS --
>> EXCUSE ME --
>> THAN TAKE THE CHANCE ON AN
AIRPLANE.
>> POOP PETE BUTTIGIEG HUSBAND
THE HOT SEAT HERE, HE SAT DOWN
WITH LESTER HOLT FROM NBC, LET’S
HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> THE JULY 4 HOLIDAY, A RECIPE
FOR DISASTER GIVEN THE ISSUES
WITH THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE
CHALLENGES BUT WE ARE WATCHING
CLOSELY AND TALKING TO THE
AIRLINES EVERY DAY ABOUT THEIR
RESPONSIBLY TO MAKE SURE THEY
CAN ACCOMMODATE ANY ISSUES ANY
CURVEBALLS MIGHT THROW UP THEM,
A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING THE
ARE EXPECTING TO GET TO LOVED
ONES OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AND WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT’S
RESILIENT ENOUGH TO GET THEM
THERE PLUS GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE
WHEN IT DOES COME UP.
>> GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
TODAY PETE BUTTIGIEG TWEETED
THIS, HE SAID AIRLINES HAVE
COMPENSATION FOR SOME TROUBLE
ISSUES AND YOU CAN OFTEN
NEGOTIATE BETWEEN YOU AND THE
AIRLINE BUT YOU ARE ENTITLED, A
REQUIREMENT WE WILL CONTINUE
WITH.
YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
>> WHAT MAKES ME ANGRY IS THE OF
ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING THIS
ON THE AIRLINE, AIRLINES HAVE AN
INDUSTRY THAT’S A PROBLEM?
ABSOLUTELY, THEY NEED TO OFFER
BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE
ABSOLUTELY BUT GOVERNMENT
CREATED THIS PROBLEM NOT ONLY
WITH THE VACCINE MANDATE, AROUND
THE HOLIDAY TIME, THE PILOTS
WENT SHOWING UP PROTESTING THE
VACCINE, THEY TOLD US BECAUSE OF
WHETHER THERE WAS NO WHETHER TO
BE SEEN IN A LOT OF THESE PLACES
AND NOT ONLY DID YOU HAVE THE
VACCINE MANDATE WE’LL TALK ABOUT
BUT ALSO GOVERNMENT INCENTIVIZED
LAZINESS, THESE PEOPLE CHOSE NOT
TO COME TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE
VACCINE MANDATE DIDN’T CARE BUT
THEY WERE ENJOYING UNEMPLOYMENT
AND THE STIMULUS CHECKS SO THEY
ARE NOT USED TO STAYING HOME
EATING BONBONS AND THEY DIDN’T
WANT TO GO BACK.
>> PETE BUTTIGIEG, HE’S ABSENTEE
ABSENTEE, HE TOOK TWO MONTHS OFF
AND HE TALKS A LOT, IT’S
NOTHING.
HE SAYS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OUT OF
HIS MOUTH OTHER THAN HE SOUNDED
GOOD TO HIMSELF.
>> AT LEAST ONE OF THE CEOS OF
THE MAJOR AIRLINES IS SPEAKING
OUT.
WOULD YOU HAVE A STATEMENT
SAYING IF YOU ENCOUNTER DELAYS
AND CANCELLATIONS RECENTLY, I
APOLOGIZE, ESTABLISHING DELTA
AIRLINES AND INDUSTRY LEADER AND
RELIABILITY, THE MAJORITY OF OUR
FLIGHTS CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON
TIME, THIS LEVEL OF DISRUPTION
AND UNCERTAINTY IS UNACCEPTABLE,
IT SURE IS.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE PULLING THEIR
HAIR OUT.
>> ANYTIME FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ABOUT CUSTOMS
SERVICES, IT PROBABLY MEANS YOU
GOT A PROBLEM WITH CUSTOMER
SERVICE BUT ALSO THE GOVERNMENT
NOT GOING TO SOLVE YOUR SERVICE,
JUST GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND
YOU WILL SEE WHAT CUSTOMER
SERVICE IS LIKE.
>> BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OFFER OF
$10000?
SHOULD I TAKE THAT?
>> SURE, CASH ONLY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THE THING IS, WHAT PETE
BUTTIGIEG WAS SAYING, MAYBE THEY
WILL GIVE YOU MORE, SEE WHAT YOU
CAN ORDER FOR.
SOME PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH
REFUNDS AND SOME ARE MISSING MILESTONES WITH THEIR FRIENDS
MILESTONES WITH THEIR FRIENDS
AND FAMILIES SO A CASH REFUND OF
$10000, YOU CAN’T GET LOANS
BACK, PEOPLE ARE MISSING
GRADUATIONS AND WEDDINGS,
FUNERALS, IT COMES AT A HIGHER
COST THAN $10000 OR FLIGHT
REDDIT OR FREE DRINK ON
SOUTHWEST, SORRY, NOT GOING TO
CUT IT.
>> PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AROUND
WONDERING WHO TO BLAME, I THINK
THEY ARE WONDERING GAS PRICES,
AIRLINES, WHAT IS IT BUT THE
BIGGER QUESTION IS, WHEN DOES IT
END?
>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
DOUBLED DOWN ON THIS RIDICULOUS
REFUSAL TO OPEN UP MORE GAS
BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT TAKING PLANES FOR THE GAS PUMP.
PLANES FOR THE GAS PUMP. PEOPLE ARE NOW PUNISHED.
PEOPLE ARE NOW PUNISHED.
[INAUDIBLE]
>> IF YOU DON’T, THE BOTTOM LINE
IS, IT’S LIKE MAYOR PETE, THE
BEST MAYORS ARE MAYORS TAKE CARE
OF THE PEOPLE AND A TRUISM IN
POLITICS, ALWAYS A TOP AND THE
WHITE HOUSE.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS
IS NOT TAKING CARE OF THE
PROBLEM, YOU’RE GOING TO PAY A
PRICE AND IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW
MUCH OF IT IS YOUR FAULT AND I
BLAME 90% OF IT ON THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, IT DOESN’T
MATTER.
VOTERS ARE ONLY GOING TO BLAME
ONE SET OF PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE IN
CHARGE.
>> DO YOU THINK SO GO?
PEOPLE GETTING THEIR FLIGHTS
CANCELED AND DELAYED, THE ONE
WHO VOTED DEMOCRAT WHAT YOU
THINK THEY SEE THIS DIDN’T
HAPPEN OF THE TRUMP OF
ADMINISTRATION OR DO YOU THINK
THEY ARE PLACING THE BLAME ON
AIRLINES?
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT DELTA
AND SOUTHWEST AND THINK THIS IS
THEIR PROBLEM, I’M STILL GOING
TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC?
>> HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW TO BLAME
THE ADMINISTRATION?
>> THE REASON I THINK THEY WILL
PAY A PRICE IS THIS IS NOT A
SEPARATE ISSUE, IT’S ALL
ENTWINED WITH GAS PRICES AND
WHEN ALL OF IT IS ENTWINED,
THAT’S WHY WE TALK ABOUT THESE.
>> THE POLL NUMBERS, A GREAT
NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND THAT’S WHY
YOU HEAR RUMORS AND STALKS
BEHIND SO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
IS ATTACKING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HE’S HAD NO ONE
WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY, PERFECT
EXAMPLE.
>> WHEN YOU START GOING INTO
HOLIDAY PLANS AND AIRLINES AND
GAS PRICES, PEOPLE GET UPSET AND