Air Travel Is Chaos Right Now. What to Know Before You Fly Your best chance to prevent—or at least mitigate—disruption to your travel plans comes when you book your trip. If you absolutely have to be somewhere by a certain time this summer, leave a day early. “If your arrival time to your destination is […]
WATCH: Airlines & DOT are Lying to Travelers FlyersRights' President Paul Hudson calls out DOT's Pete Buttigieg and the airlines for lying about the delays and the reasons for it. Learn about what you can do! You have rights that the airlines do not want you to know about. LEARN ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS
Boeing Accepts Sole Responsibility for 737 MAX Crashes This civil case agreement waiving discovery makes the FlyersRights.org litigation one of the only ways Accountability and Truth about the MAX crashes can be achieved, as well as future Safety to prevent avoidable deaths due to lax, incompetent or corrupt safety decision making. The other ways are […]
FlyersRights: The DOT Doesn't Supervise Much! These are excerpts pulled from a recent conversation that FlyersRights President Paul Hudson had with The Wall Street Journal on October 6, 2021. A federal statute says the Transportation Department is supposed to police “unfair or deceptive” practices by airlines. Consumer groups have been pressing DOT for more action […]
FlyersRights Sounds Off on the DOT $1.9M Fine to United Airlines The DOT recently assessed a fine to United Airlines of $1.9M for violations against the tarmac rule that was driven to fruition by FlyersRights in 2010. According to the DOT, United Airlines allowed 25 flights to be on the tarmac for “long term” without […]
Refunding Fees for Delayed Checked Bags and Ancillary Services FlyersRights.org has signed on to joint comments submitted by a large number of air passenger and consumer organizations. FlyersRights.org makes the following additional comments on the Department of Transportation’s Proposed Rulemaking to implement Sec. 2305 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016, providing […]
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 […]
What happened to the $79 Billion Bailout? American, Spirit, Southwest Airlines: What happened to the $79 Billion Bailout? Airlines in the United States received over $79 billion in bailout money across three COVID-related bills in 2020-2021 to help them, their employees, and the air travel industry survive the worst of the COVID pandemic. Congress intended […]
Did your Spirit flight get Canceled? There has been lots of news regarding Spirit Airlines in the recent days and week. Spirit Airlines began cancelling flights last week citing bad weather, technical and labor shortages. Hundreds of travelers were left stranded at the airports. FlyersRights President, Paul Hudson, was recently interviewed by WKYC regarding the […]
