by Charlie Leocha | Apr 8, 2014
A previous post noted that the Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee had introduced the Transparent Airfares Act of 2014. This is a reprint of our earlier story about this misguided bill designed to make airfares more confusing. The...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 12, 2013
Get a grip America. Or, rather, get a grip Congress and the media. From the sounds of things, allowing passengers to speak on cell phones aboard aircraft would be horrendous. Chatty Cathy would be let loose. Strong-arming salesmen would have a field day. Teenage...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 5, 2013
Resolving major issues takes time. Sometimes it takes a lot of time. Emerging from the depths of the Great Recession took 547 days. Creating Social Security took 209 days. Ending the Iran hostage crisis took 444 days. The Obamacare debates lasted just over 380 days....
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 26, 2013
While the FAA sequestration fiasco had been brewing, airline and pilot lobbyists together with the Consumer Travel Alliance were furiously working behind the scenes in unprecedented unity to head off what each group saw as a possible pending disaster involving delays...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 20, 2013
Passengers, after paying user fees for air traffic control services, are being slammed by the FAA Despite paying more in taxes to fund the FAA’s air traffic control system than most consumers pay for sin taxes, the FAA has cut back passenger-facing operational funding...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 3, 2012
Don’t expect any changes. Marijuana may have become legal as a “recreational” drug in some states, but the Department of Transportation (DOT) reminds everyone that smoking dope or weed or whatever you want to call it, is illegal and against federal...
