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Category Archives: Law In Travel

Law In TravelNews

Buttigieg Gives U.S. Airlines An “Ultimatum”

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022 61 Comments
Buttigieg Consumer Protections

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned that if airlines do not improve upon their “unacceptable” performance in terms of operations and consumer protections, new regulations protecting passengers will become necessary. Buttigieg Warns More Consumer Protections If Airlines Do Not...

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Delta Air LinesLaw In Travel

Delta Air Lines Flight Attendant Terminated For Trump KKK Cartoon, Now Suing For Racial Discrimination

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 13, 2022August 13, 2022 39 Comments

A Delta Air Lines flight attendant who was sacked for sharing a controversial political cartoon on Facebook about former President Donald Trump is now suing Delta, claiming racial discrimination. Delta Flight Attendant Suing For Racial Discrimination After Being Fired...

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Law In TravelRyanair

Ryanair Ordered To Pay Damages After Hot Tea Burns Child Onboard

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 13, 2022 6 Comments
Ryanair Hot Tea Burned

Ryanair agreed to pay £3,500 in damages after a flight attendant purportedly failed to secure the lid on a hot cup of tea, leading to an eight-year-old being burned on her legs and stomach. Ryanair Will Pay Damages After Child...

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FrontierLaw In Travel

Frontier Airlines Throws Off Two-Year-Old Who Wanted To Sit In Her Father’s Lap

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 11, 2022August 11, 2022 12 Comments

Frontier Airlines ejected a father and his two-year-old daughter in a controversy involving whether a toddler can sit in a parent’s lap or must remain in her seat. While Frontier Airlines is legally correct, it probably could have handed...

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Alaska AirlinesLaw In Travel

Black Muslim Men Sue Alaska Airlines After Being Removed From Flight For Arabic Text Messages

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 10, 2022 22 Comments
Black Muslim Men Alaska Airlines

Two black Muslim men are suing Alaska Airlines, claiming unlawful discrimination for their removal from a flight after another passenger expressed discomfort over their Arabic text messages. This an interesting case that is a bit more complicated considering the...

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Delta Air LinesLaw In Travel

Bizarre Delta Air Lines Ghana Flight Prompts Formal Complaint, Threat Of Lawsuit

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 8, 2022August 8, 2022 15 Comments
Delta Ghana Lawsuit

A group of passengers is threatening a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines after experiencing a bizarre flight to Ghana, with a law firm retained to send a formal complaint to governmental authorities in the USA and in Ghana. Lawsuit...

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Air CanadaLaw In Travel

Dude, At Least Your Cats Are Alive… (Man Wants To Sue Air Canada For Sending Cats To San Francisco Without Him)

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 29, 2022July 29, 2022 20 Comments
Air Canada Cat Lawsuit

A man was delayed in Toronto and missed his flight to San Francisco. Despite assuring him that his cats would not be separated from him, Air Canada sent them on the flight without him. The cats have since been...

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Law In TravelSouthwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Wins Lawsuit Over Abortion Advocacy

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022 104 Comments
Southwest Airlines Abortion

UPDATE: Ex-flight attendant Charlene Carter won her lawsuit and was awarded $5.3 million by a North Texas jury. The jury found the Transport Workers Union Local 556 violated her rights as a worker to advocate against her union. Southwest must...

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Law In Travelsas

Why Did Scandinavian Airlines Declare Bankruptcy In The USA?

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 6, 2022July 6, 2022 8 Comments

Did it strike you as odd that SAS, a joint airline of Denmark and Sweden, declared bankruptcy in the United States? It should not have…credit that to the generous bankruptcy system in the USA. SAS Files Bankruptcy In USA...

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Law In Travel

Bernie Sanders Proposes $55,000 Per Passenger Fine On Cancelled Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022 32 Comments
Bernie Sanders Airline Cancellation

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to punish airlines for scheduling flights they know they are unable to properly staff. He has proposed a hefty $55,000 fine for every passenger on flights that are cancelled due to insufficient staffing. Senator...

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Flight AttendantLaw In Travel

World’s Most Powerful Flight Attendant Condemns Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 25, 2022June 25, 2022 112 Comments

Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, is often called the world’s most powerful flight attendant. Her reaction to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning the constitutional right to abortion is...

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Alaska AirlinesLaw In Travel

Alaska Airlines Will Offer Free Abortion Flights To Employees

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 25, 2022 75 Comments

While United Airlines struck a more neutral tone in response to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning the constitutional right to abortion, Alaska Airlines has chosen a more assertive approach. Alaska Airlines Will...

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Law In TravelUnited Airlines

United Airlines Strikes A Neutral Tone On Landmark Supreme Court Abortion Decision

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 24, 2022 90 Comments
United Airlines Abortion Dobbs

United Airlines has expressed a neutral tone on the controversial decision of the U.S. Supreme Court today to overturn decades of abortion precedent in its Dobbs v. Jackson case. United Airlines Addresses Supreme Court Dobbs Abortion Decision A memo...

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Law In TravelTurkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines Kicks Off Six-Year-Old So It Can Serve Nuts In Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 18, 2022June 18, 2022 54 Comments
Turkish Airlines Nut Allergy

A family claims it was removed from a Turkish Airlines flight after the airline responded to its request not to serve nuts onboard due to their allergic six-year-old by insisting it would serve nuts anyway and then trying to strong-arm...

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BrazilLaw In TravelNews

Brazilian Airlines Rejoice As Bolsonaro Vetoes Free Checked Baggage

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022 16 Comments
Bolsonaro Vetoes Free Baggage

Brazilian airlines are rejoicing after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro vetoed a measure that would have mandated free checked baggage on domestic and international flights. Bolsonaro Vetoes Bill Which Would Have Mandated Free Checked Baggage In Brazil Under the Federal...

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Law In TravelRyanair

Ryanair Ditches “Racist” Afrikaans Test For South African Passengers

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022 14 Comments
Ryanair Ditched Afrikaans Test

After public outcry, Irish carrier Ryanair has ditched its controversial new policy for South African travelers which included a knowledge test administered in Afrikaans. Critics called the test “racist” and Ryanair backed down after initially defending it. Ryanair Ditched...

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Law In TravelSpiritUnited Airlines

Spirit Airlines Fires Back At United Airlines Over Newark Congestion

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 14, 2022June 14, 2022 7 Comments

Spirit Airlines has responded to the charge from United Airlines that it is to blame for congestion at Newark Liberty International Airport with a scathing response to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Spirt Airlines Blames United Airlines For...

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American AirlinesLaw In Travel

Man Sues American Airlines After Spending 17 Days In Jail For A Crime He Did Not Commit

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 8, 2022June 8, 2022 20 Comments
Michael Lowe American Airlines

This story is mind-boggling on so many levels. A man is suing American Airlines after an airline employee allegedly misidentified him as a shoplifter at DFW Airport, unleashing a chain of events that ultimately led to his arrest and...

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Law In TravelSouthwest Airlines

The Hoodlums Of Southwest Airlines Face Justice…

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 31, 2022May 31, 2022 6 Comments

A pair of naughty travelers have finally faced justice for their transgressions onboard a Southwest Airlines flight. One man received a 48-day jail sentence for pleasuring himself in front of his female seatmate while the infamous woman who assaulted...

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Law In TravelLufthansa

Lufthansa CEO Offers Handwritten Apology Notes To Jewish Passengers Denied Boarding, But Class Action Lawsuit Is Heating Up

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 27, 2022May 27, 2022 10 Comments
Lufthansa Jewish Lawsuit

Lufthansa CEO Jens Ritter has offered a note of apology and compensation to Jewish passengers who were denied boarding on a flight to Budapest on the basis of their appearance. But a class action lawsuit against the German carrier...

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