US: Senator Charles Schumer asks DoT to step in after JFK Airport disaster

As some travelers continue to deal with the aftermath of the JFK Airport meltdown last weekend, US senator Charles Schumer is asking the DoT to design a plan coordinating communication among the international airlines at the airport to prevent such dysfunction in the future. A communication breakdown between the Port Authority, which oversees all three New York City-area airports, and the foreign airlines flying into JFK exacerbated the existing problems at the airport after the first snowstorm of the year walloped the tri-state, Schumer says. "Make no mistake, there is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to what happened at JFK, but some of that blame squarely lands on a lack of communication between foreign airlines that flooded JFK with flights and the entities that manage the airport," Schumer said. <br/>