Consumer Traveler Today: May 21

Consumer Traveler Today: What we’re reading: AA won’t rush into merger, plane windshield inspections, fuel price threat
 
 
What we’re reading: AA won’t rush into merger, plane windshield inspections, fuel price threat
Rep. Mica excoriates TSA behavior detection program and its “bloated, ineffective bureaucracy”
Volcanic ash causing shifts in European travel
Isom: Numbers-obsessed US Airways paid $1 million in “above and beyond” bonuses last year
What we’re reading: AA won’t rush into merger, plane windshield inspections, fuel price threat
Posted: 21 May 2010 03:07 AM PDT
American won't rush into merger, FAA speeds up inspections of windshields, Kelly says fuel prices are biggest threat
       

Rep. Mica excoriates TSA behavior detection program and its “bloated, ineffective bureaucracy”
Posted: 20 May 2010 11:50 AM PDT
Rep. John L. Mica, Ranking Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent out the following press release excoriating the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) behavior detection program this morning after a press conference with findings from a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study conducted at his request
       

Volcanic ash causing shifts in European travel
Posted: 20 May 2010 07:30 AM PDT
Just as uncertainty is making many Americans consider vacations closer to home and without a transatlantic flight, European travelers are using trains, bus, ferries and cars more since the volcanic air event of this past month. The volcano fun and games aren’t abating. We are only learning about how much ash planes can take until they [...]
       

Isom: Numbers-obsessed US Airways paid $1 million in “above and beyond” bonuses last year
Posted: 20 May 2010 06:30 AM PDT
US Airways is kind of obsessed with its numbers. It’s a good kind of obsession — it regularly touts its improvements in on-time arrivals, misplaced baggage, oversales and other metrics reported every month to the Transportation Department. Why is the airline so fixated on these figures? I asked Robert Isom, US Airways’ executive vice president and chief operating officer.