Airlines are Keeping Flight Delay Data Hidden Excerpts from Newsweek A Newsweek review of airlines' websites found data missing or hard to find. As a busy holiday travel season gets underway, airlines are failing to meet their obligation to clearly post data that could help passengers avoid flights with a history of delays and cancellations, […]
Why are Passengers Fighting? Excerpts from Yahoo News Just weeks ahead of the busiest time for airplane travel, the Federal Aviation Administration wrapped up a public forum for comments on the size and safety of seats aboard planes. The FAA received more than 26,000 comments after requesting feedback from passengers about whether standard seat sizes […]
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 […]
What Airlines Won’t Tell You This Busy Holiday Travel Season Excerpts from eTurboNews But Paul Hudson, president FlyersRights is ringing alarm bells, warning airlines may work around regulations to confuse passengers. FlyersRights has a suspicion the absence of required information on some airlines booking websites may be an attempt by major US carriers to mislead […]
Passengers are Fighting Over Airline Seats Excerpts from Yahoo.com Just weeks ahead of the busiest time for airplane travel, the Federal Aviation Administration wrapped up a public forum for comments on the size and safety of seats aboard planes. The FAA received more than 26,000 comments after requesting feedback from passengers about whether standard seat […]
Efforts Underway to Make Airline Seats Larger Again? Excerpts from CBS17.com As we approach the busy holiday travel period, more and more people will be flying, crammed into seats that are smaller than they were five years ago. However, one advocacy group is trying to stop seat shrinkage and even hopes to start making airline […]
Consumer Group Demands FAA Act On Seat Comfort, Safety Excerpts from Forbes Concerned about airline passengers’ comfort and safety, the consumer organization FlyersRights is petitioning the federal government to establish minimum aircraft seat standards by next July. FlyersRights says Congress mandated the Federal Aviation Administration to establish such standards by Oct. 5, 2019, but the […]
Airplane Seats Keep Shrinking as FAA Delays Overdue Rules Excerpts from TheStreet The FAA is still open to hearing your thoughts about airline seats, as the agency is two months into a three-month public comment period. Anyone can weigh in on the matter until November 1, right over here. The FAA said it is looking […]
FlyersRights Stands up for Seat Rights Excerpts from eTurboNews FlyersRights, the largest airline passenger organization, filed a rulemaking petition with the FAA on October 5, 2022, the 3rd anniversary of the ignored Congressional deadline for the FAA to set minimum seat standards. FlyersRights rulemaking petition proposes seat dimensions that accommodate 90% to 92% of the […]
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 […]
