Join FlyersRights In Court this Monday! Join us in federal court virtually or in person this Monday, September 12, at 9:30 am. We will be arguing our seat size case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Members of the public are permitted to observe the court proceedings in person as we argue […]
FlyersRights Objects to 18-20 Year Delay from the DOT For Immediate Release FLYERS RIGHTS OBJECTS TO 18-20 YEAR DELAY IN IMPLEMENTING PROPOSED ACCESSIBLE LAVATORY RULE. More than 30 years after the Department of Transportation passed the accessible lavatory rule on twin aisle aircraft, it proposes a rule for single aisle aircraft. May 25, 2022, Washington […]
Should Passengers have Rights to Accessible Lavatories? FlyersRights is supportive of the proposed changes but questions if disabled passengers should have to wait 20 more years for the current ideas to begin to be implemented, and 40 to 45 years for most single aisle aircraft in existence to have the required accessible lavatory. When Congress […]
FlyersRights Reponds: FAA Refuses to Follow Mandate on Seat Size For Immediate Release FLYERSRIGHTS RESPONDS TO FAA’S ARGUMENT THAT IT DOES NOT NEED TO FOLLOW THE CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE TO ESTABLISH SEAT SIZE STANDARDS. FAA publishes a May 2020 report and a January 2021 CAMI study in its brief to the federal appeals court. May 2, […]
Mike Tyson Behaving Badly Celebrity and former heavy weight boxing champ Mike Tyson caught punching out another passenger on video. What will airline, FAA, FBI and police do? Does Celebrity get a pass for public assault and battery on planes? New Acting FAA Administrator must decide if “no tolerance for unruly passengers” policy applies to […]
Safety is Not Negotiable While the NTSB tries to determine why the China Eastern 737-800 crashed, it is important to keep in mind that inflight incidents, accidents and emergencies are not unusual even though not publicized. For example, since November there have been over 50 inflight safety incidents and accidents with the 737-800 and over […]
FlyersRights Drags the FAA Towards Seat Standards FlyersRights dragged the FAA towards updating emergency evacuation and seat standards after seven years of refusals and delays. This just issued report by the FAA Emergency Evacuation Advisory Rulemaking Committee (on which FlyersRights' Paul Hudson was a member representing passengers) makes 27 recommendations needed to update FAA standards. […]
US Senate Passes Resolution To End Airline Mask Rule Masking in air travel may be phased out on April 18, as US Senate calls for its end and British Airways ends mandatory masking today except where required by national law. American and Southwest CEOs previously called for end to mandatory masking. But passengers so far […]
TSA Extends Mask Mandate to April 18 The TSA has extended the requirement of wearing a mask on all public transportation for another month to April 18th instead of previous multiple 4 month extensions. It relies only on CDC's recommendation with no public or outside expert input allowed. Keep in mind that the "mandatory no […]
FlyersRights Issues Statement to Pete Buttigieg Dear Mr. Secretary, FlyersRights.org, along with other airline passenger and consumer organizations, met with you eight weeks ago to discuss various urgent actions that DOT must take to protect consumers. At this meeting, FlyersRights.org requested that you take the following actions with respect to the Congressional mandate to establish […]
