by Charlie Leocha | Nov 2, 2014
Bill McGee, presenting at the DOT Advisory Committee for Consumer Protections (ACACP) meeting, noted the good and bad of airline consolidation. The hearings focused on the use of cell phones for voice calls in the air, the impact of government-imposed taxes and fees...
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 24, 2014
Since the prospect of making cell phone calls is now possible, the initial reaction from the flying public has been dramatically anti-cell-phone-use. Comments filed with the Department of Transportation from consumers support a firm rule of no-cell-phone-calls aboard...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 30, 2014
Travelers United filed it comments with the Department of Transportation (DOT) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Consumer Protection Issues — Docket: DOTOST20140056 –comments totals more than 80...
by Charlie Leocha | May 8, 2014
This is an outline of basic consumer objections to the current bill, Airfares Transparency Act of 2014 (HR4156), that emerged from the House Transportation Committee with no comments, no discussion and no hearings. There is no need for this bill and significant...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 25, 2014
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed H.R. 4156 that they mistakenly, or cynically, call the Airfares Transparency Act of 2014. These representatives listed below decided to strip consumer protections against misleading and deceptive pricing by...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 10, 2014
Yesterday, an anti-consumer bill about airline pricing was marked up by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Amazingly, the bill was introduced with bipartisan backing from some of the Democrats’ supposedly top consumer-friendly legislators....
