Word: overbooking
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Captive Passengers. The airlines are invariably jampacked. Experienced travelers learn never to count on a reservation. Clerks regularly overbook, schedules are meaningless, and aircraft often inexplicably sit on the tarmac hours after departure time-not that that is so unusual in the U.S. these days. Once in the air, passengers can never be sure where they are going to land, especially in winter. The airlines fly regardless of the weather at their destination and frequently have to detour to other cities in order to land. One recent Bulgarian Balkan Airlines flight, destined for Vienna, set down in Budapest. The pilot...