by Charlie Leocha | Feb 25, 2016
What happens in Washington, DC, makes a giant difference to travelers. Everything from the taxes they pay on airline tickets, fees for customs and border protection, money for TSA inspections, and charges to take off and land at airports, all are decided in...
by Charlie Leocha | Mar 7, 2015
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are coming. They are already here. The only problem is that your government seems to be surprised by them. The industry has been growing exponentially, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had its head in the sand. We...
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 24, 2014
With America’s air traffic control system, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in control. It can determine which technologies can be used and test them over and over again until everything is perfect according to a phalanx of regulators. Hence, our new air...
by Ned S. Levi | Mar 3, 2014
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the use of cellular services, including cellphone voice calls, in 1991 when most every cellular system in the world used analog technology. The sophistication of today’s cellular services and handsets was almost...
