Flight delays are inevitable. According to a 2012 report made by the US Federal Aviation Administration, the economic price of domestic flight delays entails a yearly cost of 32.9 billion dollars to passengers, airlines and other parts of the economy. More than half of that amount comes from the pockets of passengers who not only lose time waiting for their planes to leave, but they also miss connecting flights, spend money on food and have to sleep on hotel rooms while they're stranded.