Need help? Call Now! 877-FLYERS6 (877-359-3776) Know Your Rights plane is delayed my baggage is lost I'm Stranded I need to change or cancel flights Read more about your rights Join Us Subscribe to our newsletter Name First Last Email* Changing & Improving air travel begins here Sign our Petitions Volunteer Products and Services Partners and Allies Travelers Resources Donate Your donations enable us to protect your rights Latest Posts Letter to Congressional Committees on Boeing and FAA Secrecy Text Only: September 14, 2020 The Honorable Chairman Roger Wicker, MS Senate Commerce Committee The Honorable Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, WA Senate Commerce Committee The Honorable Chairman Peter DeFazio, OR-4 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee The Honorable Ranking Member Sam Graves, MO-6 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee … Read More PODCAST! Emergency Rulemaking Petition Listen to the latest FlyersRights.org News Podcast on: Anchor Spotify Pocket Casts … Read More PETITION FOR EMERGENCY RULEMAKING – FACEMASKS We petition the Department of Transportation to publish an Emergency Rule – Air carriers and airport operators must require all persons to wear protective face masks or coverings:… Read More DOT’s Coronavirus Response Is Too Little, Too Late PRESS RELEASE FlyersRights Denounces DOT’s Coronavirus Guidance as Too Little, Too Late After taking over three months to respond to the coronavirus, DOT doubles down on its laissez-faire approach. For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org Washington, DC, July 9, 2020- The Department of Transportation invited FlyersRights.org and… Read More FAA certification needs reform to prevent repeat of 737 MAX fiasco Flyers Rights issued the following comments on proposed Senate Air Safety Bill: The legislation introduced by Senator Wicker and Senator Cantwell is a step in the right direction. But as presently drafted the bill is inadequate to restore public confidence in aviation safety and would have been unlikely to have prevented the crashes of flight… Read More Wicker/Cantwell Senate Bill Is a Step in the Right Direction, But Fundamental Change Is Needed to Ensure Air Safety and Prevent Another 737 MAX Tragedy Text below: 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 Aircraft Certification The legislation introduced by Senator Wicker and Senator Cantwell is a step in the right direction. But as… Read More Senators Markey and Blumenthal Renew Call for Trump Administration to Require Face Masks, Social Distancing in Air Travel During Coronavirus Pandemic Senators say federal health & safety rules urgently needed to curb further spread of COVID-19 while protecting travelers & frontline workers in the sky Washington (June 9, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today renewed their call for the U.S. Department of Transportation,… Read More HOTLINE HELP NEEDED! Summer interns Hotline workers needed! Our Hotline Director is looking to retire after14 years with FlyersRights We need, in the short term, to relieve his workload – possibly with interns or volunteers. We can pay stipends for interns or could pay a ‘per-passenger-helped’ rate for an experienced helpline worker. Please email: Paul@FlyersRights.org for more info.… Read More Federal Court Allows Deceptive and Inadequate Airline Notices to Stand FEDERAL APPEAL COURT DENIES FLYERS RIGHTS PETITION TO REQUIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MANDATE NOTICES TO PASSENGERS FOR DELAY COMPENSATION RIGHTS -Green lights continued airline deceptions and no notice policies For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org Washington, DC – May 20, 2020 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of… Read More BETTER CALL-𝖲̶𝖠̶𝖴̶𝖫̶ FLYERSRIGHTS! How we help in 3 ways: 1- Tips and infomation to get reunds 2- Gathering horror stories to publicize and get Congress and DOT to act. 3-Referral to class action attorneys and court actions to get refunds through judicial relief. Send us your HORROR STORIES on trying to get REFUNDS! .… Read More
Letter to Congressional Committees on Boeing and FAA Secrecy Text Only: September 14, 2020 The Honorable Chairman Roger Wicker, MS Senate Commerce Committee The Honorable Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, WA Senate Commerce Committee The Honorable Chairman Peter DeFazio, OR-4 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee The Honorable Ranking Member Sam Graves, MO-6 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee … Read More
PODCAST! Emergency Rulemaking Petition Listen to the latest FlyersRights.org News Podcast on: Anchor Spotify Pocket Casts … Read More
PETITION FOR EMERGENCY RULEMAKING – FACEMASKS We petition the Department of Transportation to publish an Emergency Rule – Air carriers and airport operators must require all persons to wear protective face masks or coverings:… Read More
DOT’s Coronavirus Response Is Too Little, Too Late PRESS RELEASE FlyersRights Denounces DOT’s Coronavirus Guidance as Too Little, Too Late After taking over three months to respond to the coronavirus, DOT doubles down on its laissez-faire approach. For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org Washington, DC, July 9, 2020- The Department of Transportation invited FlyersRights.org and… Read More
FAA certification needs reform to prevent repeat of 737 MAX fiasco Flyers Rights issued the following comments on proposed Senate Air Safety Bill: The legislation introduced by Senator Wicker and Senator Cantwell is a step in the right direction. But as presently drafted the bill is inadequate to restore public confidence in aviation safety and would have been unlikely to have prevented the crashes of flight… Read More
Wicker/Cantwell Senate Bill Is a Step in the Right Direction, But Fundamental Change Is Needed to Ensure Air Safety and Prevent Another 737 MAX Tragedy Text below: 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 Aircraft Certification The legislation introduced by Senator Wicker and Senator Cantwell is a step in the right direction. But as… Read More
Senators Markey and Blumenthal Renew Call for Trump Administration to Require Face Masks, Social Distancing in Air Travel During Coronavirus Pandemic Senators say federal health & safety rules urgently needed to curb further spread of COVID-19 while protecting travelers & frontline workers in the sky Washington (June 9, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today renewed their call for the U.S. Department of Transportation,… Read More
HOTLINE HELP NEEDED! Summer interns Hotline workers needed! Our Hotline Director is looking to retire after14 years with FlyersRights We need, in the short term, to relieve his workload – possibly with interns or volunteers. We can pay stipends for interns or could pay a ‘per-passenger-helped’ rate for an experienced helpline worker. Please email: Paul@FlyersRights.org for more info.… Read More
Federal Court Allows Deceptive and Inadequate Airline Notices to Stand FEDERAL APPEAL COURT DENIES FLYERS RIGHTS PETITION TO REQUIRE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MANDATE NOTICES TO PASSENGERS FOR DELAY COMPENSATION RIGHTS -Green lights continued airline deceptions and no notice policies For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org Washington, DC – May 20, 2020 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of… Read More
BETTER CALL-𝖲̶𝖠̶𝖴̶𝖫̶ FLYERSRIGHTS! How we help in 3 ways: 1- Tips and infomation to get reunds 2- Gathering horror stories to publicize and get Congress and DOT to act. 3-Referral to class action attorneys and court actions to get refunds through judicial relief. Send us your HORROR STORIES on trying to get REFUNDS! .… Read More