The controversial, often-delayed FAA Reauthorization bill is being debated in Washington next week. The proposed legislation covers a lot of ground, from funding NextGen air traffic technology to forcing airlines to disclose fees. This week’s big question: Which of these issues are the most important to you, the traveler?
CONGRESS
Washington may be about to offer air travelers who are frustrated by the Transportation Security Administration’s new screening techniques a little relief.
The days of the Transportation Security Administration’s controversial “enhanced” pat-downs may be numbered.
There’s a reason I advise customers to stay off the phone when they have a problem with a company: If someone says something to you on the line, how do you prove it?
Can you name the three branches of government?
As the hour of the House Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on airline fees draws closer, I’m amused by the number of self-appointed consumer advocates who have come forward to claim this issue as their own. And troubled.
Jerry Costello is the co-sponsor of the FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2009, which contains several important new rules designed to help air travelers. I asked the Illinois congressman, who is also the chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, about passenger rights and the prospects that new rules would be adopted by the Senate and signed into law.
Elliott is consumer advocate 
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