Consumer Traveler Today: March 24

Consumer Traveler Today: How consumers fared in Senate version of FAA reauthorization bill
 
 
How consumers fared in Senate version of FAA reauthorization bill
What we’re reading: Air China competitor, mentally ill pilot flies, hotel data on Google maps
Airline strike scorecard
Beauty in the midst of 9/11 tragedy
How consumers fared in Senate version of FAA reauthorization bill
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:15 AM PDT
The Senate has passed its version of the FAA Reauthorization Act. It now has to go into conference committee and be reconciled with the House version of the same bill. Consumers have plenty to cheer about in both bills, but the Senate version is far more explicit in terms of consumer protections.
       

What we’re reading: Air China competitor, mentally ill pilot flies, hotel data on Google maps
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:00 AM PDT
Air China takes over Shenzen Airlines, mentally ill Qantas pilot allowed to fly, Google adds hotel listings and prices to Google Maps
       

Airline strike scorecard
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:54 AM PDT
This last weekend, British Airways flight attendants went on strike to protest ... well, I'm not sure. But it was serious enough for them to sit out three days over the weekend and plan another four days at the end of this week. Last month Lufthansa pilots went on strike for a day. Greek and French air traffic controllers also joined the picket lines.
       

Beauty in the midst of 9/11 tragedy
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:30 AM PDT
Following the explosion into the trade towers, the United States closed American air space for the first time in our history. Thousands of airplanes and passengers that were already in the air were re-routed to land in Canadian air space.