by Charlie Leocha | Oct 25, 2022
Needed thoughts as advocates kick off the coming 2023 FAA funding bill. Every aviation consumer should know how important this FAA funding bill will be. This is the major bill that will control spending for funding the air traffic organization and the explosive growth...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 25, 2016
What happens in Washington, DC, makes a giant difference to travelers. Everything from the taxes they pay on airline tickets, fees for customs and border protection, money for TSA inspections, and charges to take off and land at airports, all are decided in...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 6, 2014
The current Federal Aviation Administration funding bill that controls the development of the new air traffic control system is coming up for renewal in about 600 days. It is time to start thinking about keeping the new air traffic management system on track. The...
by Janice Hough | Sep 10, 2013
We’ve all been on bumpy flights. And, most frequent fliers have at least one flight memory of a trip that went beyond bumpy. But short of anything involving an actual emergency landing, this friend’s Virgin America story is one of the scariest...
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...
