Open Letter to United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz re: the 17 Hour Stranding in Goose Bay, Canada: … Read More
Recent In-Flight Sexual Abuse Complaints to Feds Released By Airline Passenger Group… Nothing Done? Perpetrators Allowed to “Sleep it Off,” Served “3 Jack Daniels and 1 wine,” and Not Met by Police For more information, contact Paul Hudson, President, FlyersRights.org at 800-662-1859 or paul@flyersrights.org. Washington, DC-November 29, 2018- FlyersRights.org has released 20 detailed… Read More
NPR All Things Considered- July 12, 2018 Excerpted from the article: “It’s really become almost like a torture class,” says Paul Hudson, president of the group Flyers Rights. Hudson argues that tinier seats are not just unsafe for evacuations, but can cause blood clots and other health problems, and lead to more passenger conflicts.… Read More
TSA Is Keeping a Secret Watchlist of Those Who Resist Are you a smart aleck to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers? Have ever swatted away a screener’s hand or expressed displeasure at what you considered intrusive groping? Do you hang around airport checkpoints? Well, you could be on America’s newest watchlist and not know it. That’s because the list… Read More
TRUMP DOT TO AIRLINE PASSENGERS: NO FEE TRANSPARENCY FOR YOU Victory for Airline Lobby expands airline exemption from consumer protection law WASHINGTON DC – December 8, 2017 The US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that it was withdrawing a pending rulemaking requiring airlines to disclose fees for baggage and other so called extra services… Read More
October 6, 2017 Major Consumer & Passenger Rights Groups Launch Ad Opposing Air Traffic Privatization Washington D.C., October 6, 2017— Today, leading airline passenger, consumer and rural organizations, including National Consumers League, FlyersRights.org, Consumer Action, the Alliance for Aviation Across America and In The Public Interest launched an ad to set the record… Read More
Link to NPR’s discussion NPR’s Scott Simon and the Daily Beast’s Clive Irving, author of the recent exposé, Flying Coach Is So Cramped It Could Be a Death Trap, discuss the possible effects of FlyersRights.org’s seat size court decision.… Read More
Paul Hudson’s CBS Appearance FlyersRights.org President Paul Hudson appeared on CBS Evening News on September 13, 2017 to discuss the July 28 judicial victory in the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The three judge panel ordered the FAA to re-consider its decision to not place a moratorium on further seat size reductions.… Read More
May 12 2017 United Close-out Letter from DOT… Read More
An Open Letter To Airline CEOs Re: Air Traffic Control Privatization, A Passenger Sucker Punch? As you know, Congress is expected to vote in September on legislation to transfer control of the nation’s skies from the FAA to a private corporation with the power to tax passengers without Congress. You have… Read More