The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed claims for damages arising out of cancelled and delayed flights as a result of a winter storm in December 2010 which shut down most of the East Coast, remarking that “[b]ad news may travel fast but it is hardly news that bad… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2012
President Signs 2012 FAA Reauthorization Act
Posted in Essential Air Service, EU Emissions Trading Scheme, FAA Legislation, Reauthorization Act 2012, Tarmac DelaysOn February 15, 2012, President Obama signed into law the reauthorization act for the FAA (titled the “FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012” (H.R. 658)). The Act is the first longterm funding for the FAA in 5 years. Because of ongoing Congressional partisan bickering over the Act, the FAA has instead been funded since 2007 by 23… Continue Reading