FLYERSRIGHTS’ GROUP LETTER TO U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP March 19, 2020 | Kendall Creighton The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Charles Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Subject: Ensuring that airline… Read More
FlyersRights.org Calls For Increased Protection Of Air Travelers Against Spread Of COVID-19 March 13, 2020 | Kendall Creighton FlyersRights.org Calls For Increased Protection Of Air Travelers Against Spread Of COVID-19 RELEASE DATE: March 11, 2020 For more information contact Paul Hudson, 800-662-1859, Paul@flyersrights.org WASHINGTON – Today, FlyerRights.org is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to step up protection of airport travelers against the spread of COVID-19. Many US air travelers want every effort made to… Read More
Going Viral March 2, 2020 | Kendall Creighton What a year so far. Two issues have dominated the global headlines: grounding the Boeing 737 MAX and the Coronavirus outbreak – which has canceled hundreds of thousands of flights so far. We ran a survey earlier this week asking you if flights should be screened coming into the US, or banned altogether. (If you missed… Read More
Boeing 737 MAX FAQ February 29, 2020 | Kendall Creighton What happened? On October 29, 2018, Lion Air 610 – a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX – crashed with the loss of all 189 passengers and crew. In addition, a diver involved in the recovery also died. On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Air 302 – another brand-new Boeing 737 MAX – crashed with the loss… Read More
FlyersRights Fighting for Safety Reforms February 28, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum Yesterday, FlyersRights urged the Senate Commerce Committee to back legislation repealing the aircraft certification program known as ODA (Organization Designation Authorization) that allows Boeing employees and other aircraft makers to certify planes as safe with minimal FAA oversight. “The core of aircraft certification reform must be a return to the pre-2005 system. All aircraft safety… Read More
WHO medical science report on Coronavirus in China Feb 24 February 28, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Take aways on page 12 – 80% have mild to moderate symptoms 16% severe 4% death High risk for people over 60 or with chronic medical conditions Very high risk for people over 80 Long incubation period of up to 14 days and highly contagious. https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf… Read More
TAKE OUR POLL! February 26, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Should incoming international flights be screened for the Coronavirus? Should those flights be banned? Take The Survey!… Read More
FLYERS RIGHTS v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION February 19, 2020 | Kendall Creighton We are moving forward! The court just issued a new scheduling order and rejected the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposal to “process” (but not necessarily release) the relevant 86 documents of 10,000 at 500 pages per month. Boeing and the FAA by 3/20/20 will now have to identify any documents it claims are exempt from… Read More
DOT Refusal To Regulate International Change Fees Upheld By Appeal Court February 15, 2020 | Kendall Creighton The DOT’s refusal to regulate international change fees is upheld by Appeal Court. The law mandates that fees be “reasonable”, but can now exceed $1000. The court deferred to “Agency Discretion”. This will require legislation to overturn, and may be cited to allow DOT and other agencies discretion to not enforcing many other laws.… Read More
A New Way of Seeing – (relevant to the Kobe crash) February 8, 2020 | Kendall Creighton Medical Imaging, User, Interfaces, Artificial Intelligence, and Normal Failure (Use arrows to scroll down slides)… Read More