5J Fined for Christmas Bruhaha

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Cebu Pacific questions the amount of fine it had to pay the government.

“We would like to understand the basis for the fine so we would be guided moving forward,” Cebu Pacific vice president for corporate affairs Jorenz Tanada

His questions was actually the debate at CAB before handing down CAB Resolution No. 4 series of 2015, imposing them P52,110,000 fine for the inconvenience of 10,400 passengers.

The debate was is it per flight, or per passenger? Fine would have been considerably less if it were the former. The majority vote was that it was the latter.

Personally though, I think it was on "per flight basis" which was the intent of the law. And for that 5J has all reasons to ask the basis.

Decision however was that it all boils down to one thing, license to fly. We call it Legislative Franchise. And the congressional license happens to be added to the CAB law because 5J license to fly is also a law. And the law perfectly states "public convenience". That sounds a broad definition, but who are they really? Duh.... riding public, meaning passengers! You can do the math why it is 52 million.The decision also carries a reprimand, meaning the next time it happens again will already entitle CAB to SUSPEND Cebu Pacific.

Had the inconvenience been the result of government action, i.e. closures due to typhoons, it would have been okay. The thing is other airlines flew and they didn't at the most important dates of the year for Filipinos.