Hoʻopili ʻo AAPR i nā hoʻoponopono hoʻomalu o nā mea kūʻai aku DOT

WASHINGTON, DC - Ua hui pū ka Association for Airline Passenger Rights, (AAPR) i kēia lā i ʻewalu mau hui kuleana kūʻai kūʻai aupuni e kāhea ana i ka Office of Management & Budget (“OMB”) a me ke Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs (“OIRA”) e hoʻopau. kāna hana ma luna o nā lula i hoʻolaha mua ʻia e ka US Department of Transportation (“DOT”) no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka palekana o nā mokulele mokulele. Ua kāpae ʻia nā lula "Enhancing Consumer Protections III" ma OMB a me OIRA no 880 mau lā, mai ʻApelila 4, 2011. Ua kākoʻo ʻo AAPR i nā lula i ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai ma hope o kēlā mahina.

ʻO ka palapala Consumer Travel Alliance i alakaʻi i ka hoʻoikaika, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Business Travel Coalition, AirlinePassengers.org, FlyersRights.org, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, National Consumers League a me US PIRG.

"Ke mahalo nei ʻo AAPR i ka Charlie Leocha a me ka Consumer Travel Alliance no kā lākou alakaʻi ʻana i kēia kumuhana koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi no ka mea ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻopilikia ai i nā miliona o ka poʻe huakaʻi ea i kēlā me kēia makahiki," i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ʻo Brandon M. Macsata, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Association for Airline Passenger Rights. "ʻO kēia mau keʻena ʻelua i loko o ke Keʻena Hoʻokō o ka Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ua loaʻa i ka manawa kūpono e nānā i nā lula hoʻomalu o nā kaʻa kaʻa DOT, a ua hiki mai ka manawa e kau mua ai i nā mea holo mokulele. Ma ke ʻano maʻalahi, ua hoʻopili ʻia nā poʻe mokulele mokulele i nā kulekele huikau o nā mokulele a me ka nele o ka maopopo ʻole no 880 mau lā, a he 880 mau lā he nui loa.

Manaʻo ʻo AAPR ʻo kēia mau pale o nā mea kūʻai aku - a me ka pale ʻana i hoʻonui ʻia ma lalo o ke kānāwai hope i paʻi ʻia ma Dekemaba 30, 2009, kahi i koi ai ʻo DOT i kekahi mau mokulele mokulele US "e ʻae i nā hoʻolālā pilikia no ka hoʻopaneʻe tarmac lōʻihi; pane i nā pilikia o nā mea kūʻai; hoʻouna i ka ʻike lohi lele ma kā lākou mau pūnaewele; a hoʻopaʻa, hahai, a loiloi i nā hoʻolālā lawelawe o nā mea kūʻai aku" - ua lōʻihi ka manawa. No nā makahiki he ʻumi a ʻoi aku ka nānā ʻole ʻana o ka ʻoihana mokulele i nā hoʻopiʻi a me nā hopohopo i hōʻike ʻia e ka ulu nui ʻana o nā poʻe mokulele mokulele, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā mokulele kūloko. Ua hoʻokau nui aku nā mea lawe mokulele US i kā lākou waiwai ma mua o ka hōʻoluʻolu, palekana a me ka ʻoluʻolu o kā lākou mea kūʻai.