FlyersRights Addresses NYT Story Regarding 737 MAX To the Editor, Your story focus on the defective 737 MAX software, Boeing and FAA malfeasance and misfeasance as the fatal flaws omits another ongoing safety flaw: the long-standing secrecy policy of FAA in its aircraft safety decision-making. FAA and Boeing while publicly promising transparency have continued to […]
The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat Credit: InsuranceJournal.com Modern seats are designed for able-bodied people up to 5’10” and under approximately 180 pounds, reflecting passenger sizes in the early 1960s. Since the 1990s, airlines shrunk seats and legroom (pitch) while passengers became larger, older, and less able-bodied. As a result, only about 25% […]
FlyersRights Renews 737 MAX Challenge Another day and another piece of evidence indicating that the Boeing 737 MAX is not as safe as it should be and that the FAA did not take safety seriously enough when working to unground the plane. When ungrounding the 737 MAX in November 2020, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson proclaimed […]
Air Travel Social Distancing and Stimulus Plan Summary Requires social distancing by limiting passenger load capacity to 50% or 65% The federal government purchases 15%-30% of tickets to keep seats unoccupied In return, the federal government receives a percentage of tickets in return for government travel when the industry recovers Estimated cost of $80 billion […]
Cabins Must Be Social Distanced For over a year we’ve been told to socially distance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged us to keep at least six feet away from others while indoors and outdoors.How to Socially Distance on a Plane? Airlines like to claim the cabin air is clean, despite no […]
FlyersRights Applauds First Steps Washington, DC-February 4, 2021- Flyers Rights released its Covid-19 Mitigation Policy Memorandum, advising the White House, Department of Transportation, and Federal Aviation Administration on important mask rule considerations and other air travel policies to slow the spread of Covid-19 and make air travel safer for everyone. Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org […]
Wicker/Cantwell Senate Bill Is a Step in the Right Direction BUT But Fundamental Change Is Needed to Ensure Air Safety and Prevent Another 737 MAX Tragedy To: The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Re: Statement for the Record of the June 17th, 2020 Hearing Examining the Federal Aviation Administration’s Oversight of […]
Over Hostile Territory The shooting down of MH17 was a wake up call. It called attention to the fact that commercial airliners fly over conflict zones and that codesharing means passengers may not be aware of the airline they’re flying on when they book a flight. Many people are asking: What was an airliner doing […]
Freshly Squeezed Passenger complaints rise as seats get smaller | More flights overbooked An economy class seat can be a chair of torture as carriers look for new ways to pump up profits, either by adding to or reducing the number of seats, increasing legroom or cutting the distance between rows. Which airlines are making changes that are not-so-friendly […]
