A week after consumer groups sent an unprecedented letter to the administration asking that work on the Department of Transportation Enhancing Consumer Protections III rulemaking be completed, they announced a delay until October 19 for release of the rulemaking by the OMB.
This means that the earliest this rulemaking will be published and ready for comments by airlines, travel agents, central reservation systems and consumers
will be the end of October.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
