Use of WatchList Info

GAO Report.

BTS

Aviation Reports.

olympic fever

Canada's New Security Rules, per Rick Mercer.

Lessons from the Failed X-mas Day Suicide Bomber Flight

Courtesy of Cryptome(dot)org.

Running Hurdles

Know before you go to the airport, from the TSA.

Failure to Detect

Video of Security Failure(via Bruce Schneier's Blog).

Allegations that Boeing's 777 is unreasonably dangerous

Icing.

Redesigned DOT website

Easier Navigation for Reports, Complaints.

Whole Body Scanners Lawsuit

FOIA request for records of whole body scanning, via courthousenews(dot)com.

Airlines Ranked According to On Time Performance

DOT 1-10
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Contact: Bill Mosley
Tel.: (202) 366-4570



Media Advisory
Airlines Set Records for On-Time Performance, Low Mishandled Baggage Rates in November

The nation’s largest airlines set a single-month record in November for on-time performance for the nearly 15 years the U.S. Department of Transportation has collected comparable data, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). They also set a record for the lowest rate of mishandled baggage in a single month since these data were first collected in September 1987.

According to information filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), the 19 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 88.6 percent in November, higher than both November 2008’s 83.3 percent and October 2009’s 77.3 percent. Since comparable data were first collected in January 1995, the previous high on-time mark for reporting carriers was 88.0 percent in September 2002.

In addition, the U.S. carriers reporting flight delays and mishandled baggage data posted a mishandled baggage rate of 2.78 reports per 1,000 passengers in November, an improvement over both November 2008’s rate of 3.75 and October 2009’s 3.48 rate. The previous record low rate for mishandled baggage was September 2009’s 3.01 mark.

The monthly report also includes data on lengthy tarmac delays, flight cancellations and the causes of flight delays by the reporting carriers, and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division. This report also includes reports of incidents involving pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.



The full report is available here.





Detailed information on flight delays is available here.

Allegations of Racial Discrimination at USAir

Lawsuit filing via courthousenews(dot)com.

Best Airport Food

Via MSNbc.

Air France settles 2005 accident in Canada

An $11.4 million settlement was approved by a Canadian judge to compensate 184 passengers on an Air France jet that overshot a Toronto airport runway in 2005.

Via courthousenews(dot)com.

REAL ID requirements

Organizations Choke.

jobs in homeland security

A market that is getting larger.