by Charlie Leocha | Sep 17, 2011
This weekend, we seem to be a bit hard on the airlines. Then again, these stories focus on airline actions. Firstly, Delta fights to take away FF miles from a traveler who they say, “Complains too much.” Secondly, the airline association is fighting safety...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 16, 2011
Lots of readers and friends ask me how I deal with TSA checkpoints at airports. They know I don’t approve of all of the searches and have privacy concerns. But, the airport checkpoint is not the place to argue the issues you don’t like. TSA officers have...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 15, 2011
During the past two years, an airline drama has been playing out in Washington, DC, between Delta Air Lines, US Airways and the Department of Transportation regarding a proposed swapping of slots between the two airlines that would give Delta virtual control of...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 15, 2011
The Consumer Travel Alliance has filed comments with the Department of Transportation and the FAA regarding the question about the request from Delta and USAirways to swap take-off and landing slots between them to enhance their relative positions at New York...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 14, 2011
In a letter to the CEO of the Air Transport Association, a coalition of consumer interest groups today condemned airline executives for two major anti-consumer moves over the last few months — pocketing tax monies that should have gone to consumers and continuing to...
