Government Regulation
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Cranky on the Web: TSA Chaos
Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as travel chaos continues – NPR Morning Edition The question of what travelers…
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Better Airline Data Has Arrived
One thing that’s relatively unique about the US airline industry is that there is good access to data thanks to the government’s…
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Fares Are Going to Have to Rise Quickly
If things were looking too good in the airline industry, friends, don’t worry. The government is here to help change that. In…
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Cranky on the Web: The End of the Shutdown But Trouble Remains
Thanksgiving Travel Outlook Still Murky Amid Potential Shutdown Deal – TravelPulseDoes the end of the shutdown mean all is right in the…
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Cranky on the Web: FAA Flight Cut Madness, Oh, and Cleveland
RDU faces impacts from FAA air traffic cuts – Triangle Business JournalAir traffic reduction only ‘band-aid solution’ to problem, insider claims– Fox…
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Feds Announce Massive, Haphazard Cuts in Air Service Starting Tomorrow, and We Should All Be Angry
When it comes to the functioning of the federal government, I expect a certain level of dumbassery. So when even that level…
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México Starts to Crack Under US Pressure
México has long done things its own way when it comes to aviation, sometimes without rhyme or reason. That is what has…
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Cranky on the Web: Global Entry Ain’t What It Used to Be, Southwest’s Numbers, Flyadeal Interview
Are Global Entry and TSA PreCheck Losing Their Value? – TravelPulseTSA Precheck and Global Entry have been well worth it for years,…
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Connecting in the US Just Got Easier… On One Route, On American
American recently announced that it was launching a trial of something called One Stop Security (OSS). This is the latest in a…
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The US Government Gets Tough on Mexico, and Americans Will Suffer If It Follows Through
Nobody can be surprised to hear that the US government is getting tough on Mexico. After all, we live in an “America…
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The US Government Tries to Fix Air Traffic Control… Again
I stopped counting long ago, but there have been many, many attempts to try to modernize the US’s air traffic control (ATC)…
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Airlines are Implementing DOT Auto-Refunds, and It’s Bad News for Travelers
The Department of Transportation (DOT) in late April finalized rules requiring airlines to automatically issue refunds if there’s a disruption and no…