A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit certain airline scheduling practices that result in passenger delays and inconveniences, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit an air carrier from scheduling a flight at a particular time from a particular airport if such carrier has reason to know that it is unlikely to depart at that time because of the number of flights scheduled to depart from the airport at that time. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) immediately investigate the scheduling practices of air carriers at major hub airports in order to determine whether such practices make it likely that one or more flights will not depart as scheduled because of the number of flights scheduled at any one time; (2) request air carriers to discuss and agree on schedules if an investigation reveals that scheduling practices make it unlikely for flights to depart as scheduled; and (3) prescribe schedules to ensure that flights are liley to depart as scheduled if the carriers cannot agree upon such schedules among themselves. Requires any air carrier that cancels a flight for reasons other than weather or aviation safety to provide free transportation on the next available flight to the same destination.

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Timeline

1. 18 March 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 March 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 30 March 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 June 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 10 June 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 5 August 1987

   Committee

   See H.R.3051.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 March 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Airline Passenger Protection Act of 1987