US Department of Transportation’s Aviation Advisory Committee launches fix-it meeting

The US Department of Transportation’s Aviation Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting today as part of an effort to address US airline ills and measures to improve. The committee includes Republic Airways CEO, Bryan Bedford, JetBlue CEO, David Barger, who has been an administration adviser in the past, and United Chairman and CEO, Glenn Tilton, who has been carrying the banner on ways Washington could help airlines for the Air Transport Association, which he chairs.