CBS Evening News - 2000-06-27
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[0:02] US airlines getting nowhere fast. They
[0:05] promised more on-time flights and better
[0:08] service. So, why are things getting
[0:10] worse?
[0:12] Get ready for the summertime browns.
[0:14] Power supplies are pushed to the limit.
[0:18] An ocean view now may mean trouble
[0:21] ahead.
[0:22] More of the coast will soon be clear.
[0:26] And a sharper focus on the risks of
[0:29] laser eye surgery.
[0:35] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:39] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:41] headquarters in New York.
[0:43] Good evening. Surviving the summer of
[0:45] 2000. Tonight, more bad news about
[0:48] traveling by air and staying powered up
[0:51] on the ground. Both systems are
[0:53] stretched to the limit. And that's on
[0:55] top of high summer prices at the
[0:57] gasoline pump. First, about the airlines
[1:00] and their promises to improve service
[1:02] and cut delays. CBS's Bob Orr reports
[1:05] those promises fly in the face of the
[1:07] latest facts.
[1:09] Six months after airlines promised
[1:11] passengers that air travel would get
[1:13] better, it seems to be getting worse.
[1:16] Complaints and delays are mounting.
[1:17] Flying, for the most part, remains a
[1:19] major hassle.
[1:21] If they're making a big push on customer
[1:22] service, it comes as a surprise to me.
[1:25] New numbers obtained by CBS News show
[1:27] that flight delays for the first five
[1:29] months of this year were up more than
[1:30] 11% over last year's record-setting pace
[1:34] and up a whopping 76 and 1/2% over 1997.
[1:38] Last week, we were delayed by about an
[1:39] hour and a half. They never announced
[1:41] the reason.
[1:42] His airline should have provided that
[1:43] information through a pledge made last
[1:45] December to meet customers' demands.
[1:48] Airlines