Last Call for Voicing Your Opinion on Pax Rights

Here is the agenda for next week’s conference in Washington DC on Passenger rights.

The Professor will be commenting after the event. Too bad I cannot get to DC due to a conflicting schedule

Cheers

MEDIA ALERT
September 17, 2009
CONTACTS
BTC || Kevin Mitchell | 610-341-1850 | mitchell@BusinessTravelCoalition.com
FlyersRights.org || Kate Hanni | 707-337-0328 | kate@flyersrights.org

Airline Passengers Conduct Their Own Hearing in Congress
WHAT
Air Passenger Rights Stakeholder Hearing to examine legislative proposals to provide passengers with the option to deplane after 3 hours of extended tarmac delay.

VENUE
• Tuesday, September 22, 2009
• 9:00am
• Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
ACCESS
• Only standing-room tickets left. Participants can secure remaining tickets at http://stakeholderhearing.eventbrite.com
• Tickets can be printed out from EventBrite site and presented at the hearing for expedited seating.
• Those registered, but without tickets, may pick up their tickets outside the hearing room.
• No walk-ins will be permitted. (except for press and Congressional staff)
CONFIRMED MEDIA OUTLETS COVERING THE HEARING
• Aviation Daily
• Bloomberg News
• Business Travel News
• Conde Nast Traveler
• Consumer Reports
• Kiplinger
• The Associated Press
• The New York Times
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Wall Street Journal
• Travel Technology Update
• Travel Weekly
AGENDA
Welcome
Kevin Mitchell, Chairman, Business Travel Coalition
Opening Comments
Kate Hanni, Executive Director, FlyersRights.org
Hearing genesis, purpose, objectives, sponsors
Airline Industry Passenger Service
Robert L. Crandall, Former Chairman and CEO, American Airlines
Travel Industry Views of Congressional Intervention
Kevin Mitchell, Chairman, Business Travel Coalition
Keynote Address
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Hearing Proceedings
Jerome Greer Chandler,Veteran and Award-Winning Aviation Journalist
Review process; Introduce Questioners and Witnesses
Questioners
Link Christin, Adjunct Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law
Luke Thomas, Founder, LTVenntures; CEO, The Vennture Group
Shawn O’Brien, MD, St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center
Leslie Yourra, Business Owner and Mother
Dave Carroll, Songwriter / Performing Artist
Jay Boehmer, Senior Editor, Business Travel News
Colin Tooze, Vice President, Government Affairs, American Society of Travel Agents
Jennifer Michels, Deputy Editor, Aviation Daily
Shane Downey, Government Relations Manager, National Business Travel Association
William McGee, Contributor, Consumer Reports
Witnesses
Scott Nason, Aviation and Travel Industry Consultant, SDN TT&H Consulting, LLC
Dr. Amy Cohn, Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
George F. Doughty, Executive Director, Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority
James M. Crites, Executive Vice President of Operations, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Kate Hanni, Executive Director, FlyersRights.org
Kevin Mitchell, Chairman, Business Travel Coalition