The US Department of Transportation is to implement new rules where US carriers leave domestic passengers sitting on the tarmac. But are the rules for the benefit of passengers or a combination of prejudicial action against super-sized aircraft like the A380 and a revenue generating exercise?

http://chiefofficers.net/888333888/cms/index.php/news/industries/aviatio...

DoT says their action was triggered, in part, by a Continental flight where passengers were kept on board on the tarmac for some six hours.