Ungrounding Lawsuit December 31, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum On December 3, 2020 FlyersRights.org challenged the FAA’s ungrounding decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Flyers Rights Education Fund v. FAA , D.C. Cir 20-1486 (To view our FOIA Litigation, please visit this page.) January 6, 2020 FAA’s Reply Brief Due December 23, 2020 Emergency Motion… Read More
December 2020 Newsletter: Year End Review December 31, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum No Vax, No Fly Year End Review Who would’ve thought airlines would be the biggest cheerleaders for the new COVID vaccine? Yes, the aviation industry is pushing hardest for anything that will bring back customers and restore trust in flying. Qantas got the ball rolling last month when its CEO declared airlines across the… Read More
FlyersRights, Aviation Experts Cast Doubt on Safety of Boeing 737 MAX Ungrounding, Ask Court to Order Disclosure of Key Documents and Tests November 25, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FlyersRights, Aviation Experts Cast Doubt on Safety of Boeing 737 MAX Ungrounding, Ask Court to Order Disclosure of Key Documents and Tests For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org or Joseph Sandler of Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein and Birkenstock, Attorney for FlyersRights.org at 202-479-1111, sandler@sandlerreiff.com Washington, D.C.- November… Read More
FOIA Litigation Supporting Materials November 25, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum Flyers Rights Education Fund v. FAA (D.D.C CV-19-3749 (CKK)) To view our Ungrounding Lawsuit, please visit this page. November 24, 2020 FlyersRights’ Motion For Summary Judgment Reply Brief Michael Neely Dr. Javier de Luis Paul Hudson October 28, 2020 FlyersRights’ Motion for Summary Judgment Brief Michael Neely Richard Spinks Dr. Javier de… Read More
FlyersRights.org and Aviation Experts Ask Federal Court to Break FAA and Boeing’s Secrecy Pact and Release 737 MAX Documents November 5, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FlyersRights.org and Aviation Experts Ask Federal Court to Break FAA and Boeing’s Secrecy Pact and Release 737 MAX Documents For more information, contact, Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, 800-662-1859, paul@flyersrights.org… Read More
Operation AXE THE MAX October 30, 2020 | Kendall Creighton FlyersRights, as the designated representative of the flying public to the FAA on safety, has been working hard to ensure the Boeing 737 MAX is not ungrounded unless it is safe. Toward that end we questioned Boeing on why it did NOT ground after the first crash in 2018, then publicly called for grounding shortly… Read More
Washington Post: Is the government doing enough to protect air travelers? October 22, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum Is the government doing enough to protect air travelers? Excerpt: Paul Hudson, the president of FlyersRights.org, says the absence of clear regulation is part of a “nearly complete collapse of aviation consumer protection enforcement by the DOT.” He says that under the current administration, proposed rules are blocked and existing ones go unenforced. “Airline passenger… Read More
DOT Refuses Air Travel Mask Mandate as President Trump Travels to Walter Reed October 8, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOT REFUSES AIR TRAVEL MASK MANDATE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP TRAVELS TO WALTER REED DOT denied the need for Flyers Rights’ rulemaking on the grounds that “most” airlines currently voluntarily adopt various forms of a mask rule and the notion that less regulation is better For more information, contact, Paul Hudson,… Read More
Letter to Congressional Committees on Boeing and FAA Secrecy September 15, 2020 | Andrew Appelbaum Text Only: September 14, 2020 The Honorable Chairman Roger Wicker, MS Senate Commerce Committee The Honorable Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, WA Senate Commerce Committee The Honorable Chairman Peter DeFazio, OR-4 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee The Honorable Ranking Member Sam Graves, MO-6 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee … Read More