DOT Blasts Proposed Airline Consumer Protections

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) told Sen. Bill Nelson (D–Florida), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, in a letter that airline consumer protections being considered by the Senate as it works toward passing an FAA reauthorization bill are “unnecessary, expensive and counterproductive.” In the letter, DOT deputy general counsel James Owens singled out a proposed provision that would require DOT to create ...