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Is The TSA’s New Passenger Advocate Role A Good Thing?

On the 13th of February 2012 Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Restoring Integrity and Good-Heartedness in Traveler Screening Act, or “RIGHTS Act,” addressing the need for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to have a passenger advocate on site, at every airport, to address immediate passenger screening issues.  The RIGHTS Act…

Should US Senators Step In When An Airline Stops Service To An Airport?

Web: www.thetravelstrategist.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 13/05/2009 – Should US Senators Step In When An Airline Stops Service To An Airport? This past week Continental Airlines announced it would be halting its service between New York’s Ithaca-Tompkins County Airport (ITH) and its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), in New Jersey. Continental Airlines only entered…