Comments on: Foreign air carriers http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/foreign-air-carriers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-air-carriers From June 2 – September 23, the Department of Transportation took public comments on a proposed new set of airline passenger rights. DOT partnered with Regulation Room to offer people an easy way to learn about and have their say on this proposal. More than Regulation Room 19,000 visitors posted over 900 comments. The Regulation Room team summarized these comments and submitted the <a href="http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/final-summary/">final summary</a> to DOT. On April 21, DOT announced its decision. Regulation Room comments played an important part in shaping the <a href="http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/agency-documents/final-rule/">final rule</a> that gives airline passengers significant new protections. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Draft summaries « Airline Passenger Rights http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/foreign-air-carriers/#comment-1348 Draft summaries « Airline Passenger Rights Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:23:49 +0000 http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/?p=642#comment-1348 [...] informationPricing & advertisingBaggage & other feesCustomer service plansPeanut allergiesForeign air carriersData reporting requirementsCosts and benefits Tweet Share Legal Information Institute LII [...]

]]> By: Rebecca http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/foreign-air-carriers/#comment-1308 Rebecca Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:47:23 +0000 http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/?p=642#comment-1308 Thank you very much for the clarification. We will be sure to modify the language in the final summary that we send to DOT.

]]> By: Thomas http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/foreign-air-carriers/#comment-1307 Thomas Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:42:32 +0000 http://archive.regulationroom.org/airline-passenger-rights/?p=642#comment-1307 You state one of my suggestions was that: “A committee of representatives of affected airlines, affected airports, and the FAA should be empowered (and immunized from liability) to discuss the situation and make decisions.” The immunity I was suggesting was more in respect of competition laws, than for liability. Normally airlines cannot discuss their schedules or other plans with their competitors (that would be a per-se violation – meaning there is no valid legal excuse for doing so). In these situations airlines should be allowed to do so and to agree on solutions that may appear to be anti-competitive, but on the day may be the best solution.

As an example two airlines ZZ and XX each operate one daily flight between two airports. In an crisis situation they should be able to compare notes and agree that one, or the other, would cancel while the other would operate.

Can I suggest you amend your comment to read: “A committee of representatives of affected airlines, affected airports, and the FAA should be empowered (and immunized from liability and from anti-trust laws) to discuss the situation and make decisions.

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