In the construction industry this delay for processing does not normally exceed two or three days, with a maximum of seven days (one week's wages in hand).

One such delay did not exceed ten minutes, even during the rush hour.

At the height of the evacuations, delays in some places exceeded three hours.

Benefits given when delay exceeds four hours and flight is scheduled between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. See agent at gate.

Benefits given when delay exceeds four hours, and airline is at fault and is unable to arrange other transit, including bus, to destination.

But at other airports at other times - sometimes only a half-hour or so after lines seemed manageable - delays have exceeded travelers' worst expectations, they said.

If a train's delay exceeds a certain tolerance, it may "fall out" of its train path.

French vacationers have thronged the airports since Friday, and delays at Paris airports have often exceeded three hours.

This is naturally on the condition that the delay does not exceed three weeks, as Prime Minister Barak has promised.

He said the delays had exceeded an hour in some cases.