Ua kākau ʻo Luna Hoʻomalu ʻo Kevin Mitchell o ka Business Travel Coalition i kēia leka wehe iā The Honorable Senator John Thune, a me ka Mea Hanohano Bill Nelson i ka pane ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o FAA i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻelele huakaʻi nui US no ka hāʻule ʻole.
ʻO kēia ka leka a Mr. Mitchell.
E ka luna hoʻomalu Thune a me ka lālā kūlana Nelson,
Ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻololi hou ʻana o ka FAA i nehinei i ka wā o ka hōʻailona ʻana o ka Hale e koi ana i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi nui ma ka pūnaewele a me nā kuʻuna e hoʻopaʻa i nā kūlana lawelawe mea kūʻai aku. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka hoʻololi e Lunamakaʻāinana Lipinski akā ua kūʻē ʻia e ka luna hoʻomalu Shuster no ka mea aia kekahi kānāwai e uhi ana i kēia wahi ma ka US DOT. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka pilikia maoli me kēia noi, kahi mana e hoʻokomo ʻia i ka wā o ka Senate markup, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e nā ʻoihana mokulele nui e hōʻemi i kā lākou mau mea hoʻokūkū pololei nui loa i ka mākeke hoʻolaha, nā ʻelele tiketi.
ʻO ka hoʻololi he hoʻokahi haneli pākēneka i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻonohonoho i kēlā mau ʻelele huakaʻi nui no ka hāʻule ʻole. ʻAʻole mālama nā ʻelele i ka ʻike mokulele a / a i ʻole ka hiki ke (1) hāʻawi i nā uku no nā tiketi a i ʻole nā lawelawe ancillary i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia, (2) paʻa i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā tiketi me ka uku ʻole ʻia no 24 mau hola, (3) hōʻike i nā kulekele hoʻopau āpau o nā mokulele ma kahi hāʻawi. ala me kā lākou hoʻonohonoho noho ʻana, (4) hoʻolaha i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā loli itinerary a (5) pane i nā hoʻopiʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ka lawelawe mokulele.
Ke hāʻawi aku nei nā mokulele i ke kānāwai i ka manaʻo i ʻōlelo ʻia e hōʻoia i ka "pae kūpaʻa o ka palekana o nā mea kūʻai aku," ʻike ʻoe ʻo George Orwell e holo ana i loko o kona lua kupapaʻu. ʻO ka hopohopo i nā mokulele ʻo ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā lula US DOT hiki ke koi hope i nā mokulele e hāʻawi i ka ʻike huahana a me nā kumukūʻai no nā tiketi a me nā lawelawe ancillary i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā hui metasearch i hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻohālikelike hou i nā koho huakaʻi. Ua hakakā kēia mau mokulele i ka ʻike pono o nā mea kūʻai aku ma US DOT, ma ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo federal a me ka Congress no nā makahiki.
No ke aha e makemake ai ʻo Airlines e hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻelele no ka hāʻule ʻole a no ke aha nā ʻelele huakaʻi nui wale nō?
ʻAʻole hiki i nā ʻelele ke hoʻokō i nā koi o kēia kānāwai. Inā hoʻoholo ʻia, ʻike maopopo ʻia e piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai o nā ʻelele liʻiliʻi, a me nā uku hoʻopaʻi, he nui loa ka mea e koi ʻia mai ka ʻoihana a, no laila, e hoʻopololei i ka manaʻo i ka politika. Pēlā nō, ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻelele nui ke hoʻokō. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻonui ʻino ʻana i nā kumukūʻai o kā lākou poʻe hoʻokūkū pololei nui loa i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka huakaʻi, ʻike nā mokulele iā lākou iho he kūlana e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai i ka hiki ʻole o nā ʻelele ke "hoʻokō i nā kūlana lawelawe liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi" a "pale" i nā mea kūʻai aku e hōʻike i ka hōʻoia hao e pono ai nā mokulele. ʻAʻole pono e hāʻawi i nā ʻelele i ka ʻike huahana a me ka ʻike kumukūʻai e noʻonoʻo ʻia ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka US DOT rulemaking.
ʻO ka pahuhopu kokoke i kēlā mau ʻoihana mokulele ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike mai ka lima o nā mea huakaʻi e hana ana i ka hoʻohālikelike-kūʻai paʻakikī loa a pēlā e hoʻonui ai i nā kumukūʻai e uku ai nā mea kūʻai aku no ka lawe ʻana i ka ea. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka pāʻani lōʻihi e hoʻokaʻawale i nā mea huakaʻi a pau a alakaʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā pūnaewele mokulele kahi ʻaʻohe kūʻai hoʻohālikelike i waena o nā mea hoʻokūkū mokulele i loaʻa a kahi e uku ai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā kumukūʻai supra premium.
Ma waho aʻe o ka manaʻo o nā mokulele, ʻaʻole e lawelawe ka hoʻololi i ka pono o ka lehulehu, e koi i ka US DOT e hoʻomaka i kahi lula hou i ka wā e kū nei kahi kānāwai e kali nei i kēia kumuhana a kau i nā ʻelele tiketi nui, me ka mea i helu ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mokulele. ma kahi hiki ʻole ke hoʻokō. Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e ʻike i kēia noi mokulele ʻo Orwellian no ka mea a hōʻole.
me ka manao pono,
ʻO Kevin Mitchell
lunahoomalu
Hui Hui Huakaʻi Huakaʻi
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In addition to harmfully increasing the costs of their largest direct competitors in travel distribution, the airlines would see themselves is a position to argue that the agents inability to adopt minimum customer service standards and protect consumers represents ironclad proof that airlines should not be required to provide to agents the product and pricing information being contemplated in the paused U.
- Agents do not control airline information and/or have the capabilities to (1) offer refunds for tickets or unused ancillary services, (2) hold ticket reservations without payment for 24 hours, (3) disclose all the airlines cancellation policies on a given route along with their seating configurations, (4) notify customers of itinerary changes and (5) respond to customer complaints related to airline service.
- DOT to initiate a new rulemaking when a pending rulemaking on this topic already exists and put large ticket agents, with whom a significant percentage of flights are booked, in a position where compliance is impossible.
