US: 8 senators urge DoT to reverse delay in bag reports
Eight Democratic senators wrote a letter Monday urging Transportation secretary Elaine Chao to reconsider a 1-year delay in better airline reporting about mishandled bags and wheelchairs. The members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee said the department should have given people with an interest in the regulation, such as disabled travellers, a chance to comment on delaying the reports from Jan 1, 2018, to Jan 1, 2019. The department approved the delay as part of a broader administration review of all pending and recently approved regulations. The rule published in the final months of the Obama administration changed how mishandled bags are counted and required separate reporting for mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. <br/>
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US: 8 senators urge DoT to reverse delay in bag reports
Eight Democratic senators wrote a letter Monday urging Transportation secretary Elaine Chao to reconsider a 1-year delay in better airline reporting about mishandled bags and wheelchairs. The members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee said the department should have given people with an interest in the regulation, such as disabled travellers, a chance to comment on delaying the reports from Jan 1, 2018, to Jan 1, 2019. The department approved the delay as part of a broader administration review of all pending and recently approved regulations. The rule published in the final months of the Obama administration changed how mishandled bags are counted and required separate reporting for mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. <br/>
