In the U.S., this term has much broader applicability than just in the field of airlines, at least in my experience.
A person may have grandfathered rights to water, or to access, or to pasture, or to raise livestock on land (where it is now forbidden by code).
Merge
editThis should really be merge with Grandfather clause, since they are basically the same thing. Buckner 1986 20:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed. Jlittlet 15:31, 17 September 2006 (UTC)