by Charlie Leocha | Jul 28, 2011
Washington, DC, is buzzing during these dog days of summer. With temperatures rising above 100 degrees and the humidity oppressive, the gears of government grind on. The governmental grinding these days is not very pleasing. Negotiations on the increase of the debt...
by Charlie Leocha | Jun 27, 2011
The airlines are now in the position of having to sleep in the bed that they have made themselves. The Department of Transportation (DOT) in their most recent rulemaking mandated that airline itineraries include the costs for checking luggage associated with the...
by Charlie Leocha | Mar 31, 2011
On Wednesday, March 30th, 2011, representatives of the Consumer Travel Alliance, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America and the National Consumers League met with representatives of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Transportation...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 24, 2011
Yesterday, I spoke before the American Bar Associaton Forum on Air & Space Law update conference in Washington, DC. I was part of a panel discussing airline consumer rights and the state of the industry after the tarmac-delay rules. I was part of the panel...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 26, 2011
The newspapers are starting to fill with articles about American Airlines fighting with online travel agents and Delta Air Lines deciding to pull ticketing away from some smaller online travel agents. What the heck is happening. What are the airlines thinking? Why...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 19, 2010
The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA) and the Business Travel Coalition (BTC) filed reply comments to those filed by a group of airlines regarding transparency of airline fees. The airline comments are seeking to present the disagreements about a pending Department of...
