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Mar 24, 2008 4:56 am US/Pacific

Lawmakers To Consider Flight Plan For Passengers

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― Legislators California will consider an "Airline Passenger Bill of Rights" today. 

The bill is modeled on a New York law adopted last year after passengers were stranded on planes for hours.

According to the the Department of Transportation, more than a quarter of flights were delayed last year. 

Since Kate Hanni of Napa was stuck on a plane for 9 hours in 2006, she 's been working Congress to get a federal "Passengers' Bill of Rights" law.

"We're not talking about our constitutional right to fluffy pillows.  We're talking about our constitutional right to breathable air and a tiny bit of food," said Hanni.

There have been a number of petitions to promote a passenger's bill of rights and one of them has received as much as 22,000 signatures.

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