One Year Later - No Love for Valentine's Day Jet Blue Victims

CAPBOR Releases Horrifying 2007 Strandings Report card

Members Renew Vows to Fight On

NAPA, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- February 14, 2008 marked the
first anniversary of the infamous JetBlue Valentine's Day debacle when
hundreds of passengers were stranded for up to 17 hours on the tarmac at JFK
International in New York during an ice storm last year. Hundreds of
passengers were similarly stranded on other tarmacs at Newark and
Philadelphia, and six weeks earlier, in December, scores of planes and
thousands of passengers were stranded on tarmacs in the DFW region, some for
over nine hours. Kate Hanni, who founded the Coalition for an Airline
Passengers' Bill of Rights following the December stranding, said Thursday,
"The victims of these incidents are still wondering "Where's the love?."
Passengers rights legislation is moving slowly through Congress and a handful
of states are considering similar measures. "But, what's causing this delay?"
asked Hanni.

According to the website, OpenSecrets.org, the airline industry and its
lobbyists are spreading plenty of love around to presidential candidates and
elected representatives at all levels of government. The air transport
industry donated over $5.5 million to members of Congress during the 2007-2008
election cycle, including nearly $300,000 between Senators Clinton, McCain,
and Obama. In 1999, similar legislation was killed following an infusion of
soft money into lawmaker's election coffers.

Meanwhile, the coalition is entirely funded by private donations and composed
of a dedicated all-volunteer force of soccer moms, retirees, and part-time
working professionals. "At most, we've had maybe as much as $5000 in the bank
at any given time, but our members care too much about this issue."

In other news, the coalition released its 2007 Airline Stranding Report Card
today to coincide with the Valentine's Day anniversary. The report card is
based on a combination of press reports, government statistics, eyewitness
accounts from coalition members and hotline calls. The report card can be
found on the organization's website.

The Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights (CAPBOR) is the largest
non-profit consumer group for airline passengers in the U.S. CAPBOR is the
fastest growing grassroots coalition in history with over 21,000 members since
being established February 10th, 2007. For additional information email
kate@flyersrights.com or mark@flyersrights.com, or go to www.flyersrights.org.
Our 24/7 hotline number is 1-877-FLYERS6.
CONTACT: Kate Hanni, President, CAPBOR - (707)337-0328

SOURCE Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights

Kate Hanni, President of CAPBOR, +1-707-337-0328