Ua hoʻopuka ʻo US Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Jonathan Grella i kēia ʻōlelo:
"No nā lā, ua piha nā nalu i nā moʻolelo maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana i nā mokulele. ʻO ka mea maʻamau maʻaneʻi ʻo ia ka hele ʻana o ka ea i mea ʻoluʻolu loa no ka nui o ka poʻe huakaʻi. ʻOiai ʻo nā mokulele mokulele e hoʻopaʻa i nā waiwai i loaʻa ma ke kua o kā lākou poʻe kaʻa, nui ka poʻe i waiho ʻia me ka liʻiliʻi o nā koho. ʻO nā makahiki o ka hoʻohui nui ʻana, i hoʻohui ʻia e ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kulekele e makemake ana i nā mokulele ma mua o ka poʻe huakaʻi a lākou e lawelawe ai, ua alakaʻi i kahi ʻōnaehana haki e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia.
“E hoʻohana nā mokulele e ālai ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o ke kahua mokulele a i ʻole ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i nā kulekele Open Skies o ko mākou lāhui e hoʻohana i kēia manawa e noʻonoʻo ai pehea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻōnaehana, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, me nā koho a me ka pilina no nā mea a pau.
"ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻokipa hou ai ʻo Wakinekona i ka ʻalopeke ʻōlelo mai ka hale manu a kau i nā mea hele a me kā lākou mau ʻike ma mua o ka hoʻohālikelike."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Years of over-consolidation, compounded by policymaking favoring the airlines rather than the travelers they serve, has led to a broken system that needs to be fixed.
- “E hoʻohana nā mokulele e ālai ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o ke kahua mokulele a i ʻole ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i nā kulekele Open Skies o ko mākou lāhui e hoʻohana i kēia manawa e noʻonoʻo ai pehea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻōnaehana, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, me nā koho a me ka pilina no nā mea a pau.
- While airlines tout record profits generated on the backs of their passengers, many are left stranded with few to no options.
