The Transportation Department has now forbidden airlines from keeping passengers on a plane for more than 3 hours while it waits on the tarmac.

This is a long overdue change.

And yes, I realize that there appears to be some dissonance from my prior post, lambasting Obama and His Stupid Minions^™ on cutting another taxpayer funded giveaway to AIG fat cats.

The thing is, Obama is not every special interest’s bitch, just the FIRE (Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) sector.

Airlines are not part of FIRE, so they don’t get a pass.