House Transportation Committee Ignores Passengers Rights For Immediate Release June 13, 2023, Washington, DC - On Friday afternoon, the leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) introduced a 773-page bill setting FAA policies, organization, spending for the next five years. The bipartisan leadership group (Sam Graves (R-MO Chair), Rick Larsen (D-WA Ranking Member), […]
Boeing 737 MAX Documents FOIA Oral Argument on Thursday, April 20 Public Access to Safety and Health Data at All Federal Agencies at Stake See Flyers Rights Education Fund v. FAA (21-5257) Oral Arguments In Person Where: United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Prettyman Courthouse, Courtroom 31, 333 Constitution Ave. NW; (Use […]
FlyersRights Files 737 MAX FOIA Reply, Oral Arguments on 4/20 FLYERSRIGHTS.ORG FILES BOEING 737 MAX FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWSUIT REPLY BRIEF The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals set Oral Arguments for April 20, 2023. For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org Washington, DC – March 13, 2023 FlyersRights.org submitted its […]
Appeals Court Denies FlyersRights' Mandamus Petition For Immediate Release APPEALS COURT DENIES FLYERS RIGHTS MANDAMUS PETITION; RULES THAT CONGRESS DID NOT COMMAND FAA TO SET MINIMUM SEAT SIZE STANDARDS Airline passenger group’s lawsuit sought to compel the FAA to enact the seat size minimums required by the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act March 9, 2023, Washington, […]
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 […]
Paul Hudson Joins 'Warning Bells with Ed Pierson' Ed is joined by the President of Flyers Rights and prominent rights advocate Paul Hudson to discuss the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request and subsequent lawsuit filed in an attempt to gain access to data on the recertification of the 737 Max planes. LISTEN ON APPLE […]
Boeing Whistleblower Ed Pierson Joins FlyersRights' Board For Immediate Release Before two crashes of the 737 MAX, Pierson raised production concerns with supervisors and recommended shutting down production of the MAX. November 21, 2022, Washington, DC – FlyersRights is pleased to announce that Ed Pierson has joined the Board of Directors for FlyersRights.org, the largest […]
Squeeze Play US Airlines Installing Thinner Seats To Cram More On Board If you didn’t think more seats could be crammed into coach, the airlines have figured it out for you. They are called “Slimline” seats, and are coming to an airline near you. Already, United, Southwest, Delta and Alaska Airlines have installed these thinner seats […]
FlyersRights Pushes FAA to Stop Airplane Seats from Shrinking Excerpts from The Washington Post FlyersRights says the FAA has failed to carry out Congress’s direction to set minimum standards for the size of airplane seats as called for in the 2018 bill that reauthorized funding for the agency. It requests that the agency implement standards […]
FlyersRights Files Minimum Seat Rulemaking with the FAA For Immediate Release FLYERS RIGHTS FILES MINIMUM SEAT DIMENSION RULEMAKING PETITION WITH THE FAA ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATUTORY DEADLINE. The 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act required the FAA to promulgate minimum seat standards by October 5, 2019, but the FAA has not begun the rulemaking […]
