DOT seeks comments on changing 'bumping' rules

US Dept. of Transportation yesterday asked for public comment on possible changes to the rules governing airline oversales, including a potential increase in the maximum compensation due to passengers bumped from oversold flights. Existing "bumping" rules first were adopted in 1962. Under the...

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