Website    News    Legislation    Help! I’m Stranded    Media    Contact Unhappy Holidays Ahead Sept. 29,2015 Last week, the DailyKos reran one of their top, most commented articles, which was forwarded numerous times to FlyersRights. Let’s review: Few experiences are as universal to Americans as the shared degradation and misery of flying on our nation’s air carriers. These corporate behemoths have somehow managed to wrap… Read More

Website    News    Legislation    Help! I’m Stranded    Media    Contact Unfit For Flight Sept. 22,2015 Helicopters are 85 times more dangerous than autos and 350 times more dangerous than travel by airliner. A helicopter crashed into the East River in 2005 near Downtown Manhattan while carrying tourists on a sightseeing tour. This crash was the seventh of 10 helicopter crashes into the… Read More

Website    News    Legislation    Help! I’m Stranded    Media    Contact  Power Failure Jeff Smisek’s power trip comes to an end Sept. 16,2015   United Airlines’ CEO, Jeff Smisek’s forced ouster last week was only shocking considering how long it took, and that it didn’t come from employees or passengers. His tenure was all about pushing the envelope in ways that reflected a… Read More

Website    News    Legislation    Help! I’m Stranded    Media    Contact Buy The Seat Of Our Pants   Sept. 8 , 2015 We’re making waves in the airline industry. FlyersRights is riding the groundswell of passenger resentment against moneymaking off their suffering in smaller and smaller airline seats. As the airlines pack in more per plane, passengers are beginning to fight back and are are asking the… Read More

Proposed Airline Passenger Bill of Rights 2.0   Background and History of Air Travel since 1978   It has now been 35 years since the airline industry was deregulated as to fares, schedules, and service. Long past time for the Federal Government to review the law and correct the abuses, inefficiencies and unintended consequences that… Read More

Website    News    Legislation    Help! I’m Stranded    Media    Contact Size Matters   Sept. 1 , 2015 With increasing numbers of people taking to the skies, we want to know if having such packed planes is putting passengers at risk. FlyersRights is not alone. The Transportation Department is also questioning if the shrinking space on airlines is putting our health and safety in danger. We’ve all wondered… Read More