Government Regulation
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Topic of the Week: Should Additional Fee Disclosure be Required by DOT?
I’ve been following this one closely, but I haven’t written about it yet. The Department of Transportation (DOT) is trying to require…
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Feds Agree That Tarmac Delay Rule Increases Cancellations
Have I mentioned that I think the federal government has done an excellent job of looking at the tarmac delay rule impact?…
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Congress Blows It, FAA Shuts Down, Airlines Profit in Different Ways
Congress has once again shown its inability to get anything done by actually letting the FAA reauthorization bill expire. What does that…
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Cranky on the Web (June 13 – 17)
Delay rule bumps up flight cancellations – CNN Out of the Office When I saw an article on CNN parroting the DOT’s…
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A Look at the New DOT Rules That Foreign Airlines Hate
Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) rolled out a bunch of new rules the are supposed to make the passenger flying…
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Airlines Should Refund Bag Fees If Your Bags Don’t Arrive With You
Uh oh. It looks like the DOT has found something else they don’t like about airlines with which they want to get…
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Airlines Reveal Tarmac Delay Cancellation Numbers, but DOT Objects
Last week, I was back in Washington, DC for the first time in about 5 years. What was the occasion? I was…
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Cranky on the Web (December 13-17)
Congress Might Finally Break the FAA Funding Logjam… Maybe – BNET Headwinds Now that Rep Oberstar is gone, the FAA reauthorization might…
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Mexican Airlines Can Now Add Flights to the US, Aeromexico Starts the Trend
¡Viva México! The spat between the US and Mexican governments is over (surprisingly quickly), and Mexico has once again been elevated to…
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A Modest Proposal on Tarmac Delays
It looks like my wish for a more thorough review of tarmac delays has been answered. Instead of the off-the-cuff claim of…
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Should You Be Afraid of the Body Scanner Raising the Risk of Cancer? Nah, and Neither Should Pilots
If you’ve been watching pilot unions tell their members to decline to go through the body scanner when they go through security,…
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TSA Overreacts Again, Printer Cartridges Are Now Banned
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is at it once again. In a typical reactive move, you can now no longer bring printer…