At the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearings this week, pilot fatigue was front and center. Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), committee chairman started off the hearings auspiciously.
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Follow the money. It’s not just a memorable quote from All The President’s Men, but words to live by if you’re one of the last customer advocates standing.
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I was thrilled when I heard that a coalition of travel professionals was meeting in Washington for a what they called a “stakeholder hearing” on passenger rights. Finally, after years of virtually no representation in the nation’s capital, passengers appeared to be organizing.
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The FAA Reauthorization hearings touched on almost every facet of the aviation world. Only one subject seemed to have universal agreement — we need a new air traffic control system. However, no one agrees how to build it and pay for it.
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The airlines have sued the government over its plan to reduce congestion at New York’s LaGuardia airport. Now, it looks as if the government is backing down.
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President Bush just announced measures that will improve holiday air travel, requiring airlines to provide greater compensation for lost bags and imposing “tougher penalties” when airlines fail to notify travelers of hidden fees. So what’s wrong with it?
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Nine months into the year, the Air Transport Association has released its annual report — for 2007. The document (PDF) casts U.S. airlines as both progressive, sporting catchy slogans like “thinking green about our future,” and as innocent victims of economic circumstances.
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The Air Transport Association may be ready to sue the Transportation Department over allowing the nation’s busiest airports to charge higher landing fees during peak travel times.
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MedAire, an Arizona-based company that provides emergency medical advice to airlines, says that the rate of medical emergencies aboard commercial flights nearly doubled from 2000 to 2006, from 19 to 35 per 1 million passengers.
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