Watch: FlyersRights' Paul Hudson at the Senate Hearing On February 9, 2023, FlyersRights' President Paul Hudson was asked to represent airline passengers at an important Congressional hearing on strengthening airline operations and consumer protections in the wake of the Southwest Christmas meltdown that stranded over 2 million passengers. READ THE FULL TESTIMONY WATCH EXCERPTS OF […]
Pete Buttigieg and the Southwest Airlines Meltdown Excerpts from Corporate Crime Reporter The Southwest Airlines meltdown over the holidays resulted in more than 15,000 flights canceled and upwards of one million Southwest passengers stranded. Senators Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) called on Southwest to “fairly compensate passengers whose flights were canceled, including not […]
What Should Airlines to do After Southwest’s Meltdown Excerpts from The Dallas Morning News Paul Hudson, president of advocacy group Flyers Rights, said during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Science, Commerce and Transportation Committee on Thursday that there are simple steps Southwest Airlines, other airlines and the industry’s regulators can take to improve the […]
Highlights from Senate Hearing Over Southwest's Holiday Meltdown Excerpts from USA Today Southwest Airlines chief operating officer Andrew Watterson and other officials testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Thursday, a little over a month after a meltdown that disrupted holiday air travel nationwide. In the wake of extreme winter weather, Southwest canceled nearly 17,000 flights in […]
Commerce Committee Announces Executive Session - February 9, 2023 BREAKING NEWS: Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights to testify before Senate Commerce Committee Hearing February 9th at 10:00 am ET on Southwest Airlines December meltdown cancelling 16,000 flights stranding millions of passengers. Commerce Committee Announces Executive Session and Hearing on Strengthening Airline Operations and Consumer Protections, […]
Southwest Faces Senate Hearing Following Holiday Meltdown Excerpts from CNBC Southwest Airlines’ chief operating officer, Andrew Watterson, will face questions from a Senate panel next Thursday about the carrier’s holiday meltdown that stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers. Southwest said the hearing date overlapped with “a previous commitment” for CEO Bob Jordan. Jordan, who has […]
Should Boeing Have Retired the 747? Excerpts from Seattle Times On Tuesday, Boeing will wave a final goodbye to the 747 jumbo jet. In the years after its launch, the 747 elevated the Puget Sound region to the world’s premier airplane manufacturing site and boosted Boeing to preeminence in aviation. It made international air travel […]
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Boeing to Face Criminal Charges A federal judge has rescinded Boeing’s immunity agreement related to the two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. The Justice Department had originally reached the deferred prosecution agreement with Boeing in January 2019 in what Columbia Law Professor John Coffee described as “one of the worst deferred prosecution agreements […]
