Air Travel Social Distancing and Stimulus Plan March 31, 2021 | Andrew Appelbaum FlyersRights’ Air Travel Social Distancing and Stimulus Plan Summary and Key Facts FlyersRights 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… Read More
Flyers Rights Publishes Covid-19 Air Travel Mitigation Policy Memorandum February 4, 2021 | Andrew Appelbaum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flyers Rights Publishes Covid-19 Air Travel Mitigation Policy Memorandum, Applauds the Administration’s First Steps For more information contact Paul Hudson 800-662-1859 ext.0 paul@flyersrights.org or Andrew Appelbaum 800-662-1859 ext.1 andrew@flyersrights.org. Washington, DC-February 4, 2021- Flyers Rights released its Covid-19 Mitigation Policy Memorandum, advising the White House, Department of Transportation, and… Read More
Reuters: New U.S. transit mask rules ordered by Biden take effect February 4, 2021 | Andrew Appelbaum New U.S. transit mask rules ordered by Biden take effect From David Shepardson’s article: “Advocacy group FlyersRights.org Monday urged the Biden administration to go farther and mandate the use of N95, KN95 or surgical masks on airplanes as well as “stricter social distancing guidelines, temperature checks (and) rapid testing.””… Read More
PODCAST: Masks Mandatory! FAA No Longer Gold Standard for Safety.. January 26, 2021 | Kendall Creighton We discuss new mandatory #Masks onboard- and what #737MAX ‘secret data’ was used by #FAA? Check out our latest podcast: ==>> https://open.spotify.com/episode/5O9GiK3EIHtvZY4IPFi16E?si=tUsf4rQWQ863Qt0IqVOX8g <<== … Read More
Public Citizen’s “Worst Pills, Best Pills” On Covid-19 Vaccines January 11, 2021 | Andrew Appelbaum Read More
Media Coverage January 11, 2021 | Andrew Appelbaum 1. ABC 20/20: Falling From the Sky (November 27, 2020) 2. 60 Minutes Australia (May 26, 2019) 3. CNBC (December 8, 2020) 4. DW Documentary (Movember 1, 2020) 5. ABC News (December 28, 2020)… Read More
Reuters: Flyers Group Challenges FAA Approval of Boeing 737 MAX January 4, 2021 | Andrew Appelbaum Reuters: Flyers Group Challenges FAA Approval of Boeing 737 MAX … Read More
Ungrounding Lawsuit December 31, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum On December 3, 2020 FlyersRights.org challenged the FAA’s ungrounding decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Flyers Rights Education Fund v. FAA , D.C. Cir 20-1486 (To view our FOIA Litigation, please visit this page.) January 6, 2020 FAA’s Reply Brief Due December 23, 2020 Emergency Motion… Read More
December 2020 Newsletter: Year End Review December 31, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum No Vax, No Fly Year End Review Who would’ve thought airlines would be the biggest cheerleaders for the new COVID vaccine? Yes, the aviation industry is pushing hardest for anything that will bring back customers and restore trust in flying. Qantas got the ball rolling last month when its CEO declared airlines across the… Read More