by Charlie Leocha | May 11, 2011
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today proposed a substantial and wide-ranging overhaul of air carrier crew training. The supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) addresses comments from the January 2009 proposal and provisions laid out in the...
by Charlie Leocha | Feb 24, 2011
Yesterday, I spoke before the American Bar Associaton Forum on Air & Space Law update conference in Washington, DC. I was part of a panel discussing airline consumer rights and the state of the industry after the tarmac-delay rules. I was part of the panel...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 20, 2010
Typical Washington, DC, region to Orlando, Florida, Traveler Must Check Seven Airline Websites, Visit 47 Web Pages, Scan 11,000 Words to Find Baggage Fees Alone Consumer and Travel Representatives to Meet This Afternoon With U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to...
by Charlie Leocha | Jun 21, 2010
Charlie Leocha, the Director of the Consumer Travel Alliance was invited by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to testify about the proposed merger of Continental and United Airlines. Here is his oral statement made before the committee....
by Charlie Leocha | Mar 3, 2010
Last summer, Joe Sharkey, writing in his blog, noted that some flight attendants were enforcing a new-to-him rule that nothing could be placed in seat pockets during take-off and landing except airline magazines and emergency instructions. The airline crack-down was...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 15, 2010
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has improved their website and has packed it with consumer-friendly information all in one place. The new website has a process for consumers who want to file complaints about airline service and safety. The new process allows...
