[blindlaw] : "The Air Carrier Access Act: Protecting the Civil Rights of Airline Passengers

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening everyone,

    This Web cast may be of interest to those who travel by air quite often
and to those wanting to study the history and legal ramifications of the
Federal Air Carrier Access Act, (ACAA.) Please pass on to appropriate
forums.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Osborn" <michael.hastings at cox.net>
To: "Alumni Association Board Members"
<AlumniAssociationBoard at guidedogs.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:26 PM
Subject: "The Air Carrier Access Act: Protecting the Civil Rights of Airline
Passengers




This may be of interest to those of you who have worked with the DOT
on access issues:

Begin forwarded message:
> Please join the Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP) at ILRU for
> a Web
> cast on Air Carrier Access Act, Oxygen and the ADA
>
> Mike Spollen with the Department of Transportation will present the
> Web cast
> "The Air Carrier Access Act: Protecting the Civil Rights of Airline
> Passengers
> with Disabilities" on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 3:00pm Eastern;
> 2:00pm Central; 1:00pm Mountain; 12:00pm Pacific; 11:00am Alaska;
> 9:00am
> Hawaii.
>
> This Web cast will provide a brief overview of the Air Carrier
> Access Act of
> 1986, which prohibits discrimination against individuals with
> disabilities
> in commercial air transportation, and it's implementing regulation,
> 14 CFR
> Part 382 (Part 382).
>
> It will include discussion on:
>
> * Major provisions of Part 382 and its amendments since being
> implemented in
> 1990;
> * A summary of the Department's disability-related initiatives
> within the
> last few years in three basic areas:
>         Investigations and Enforcement,
>         Rulemaking, and
>         Outreach and Public Education.
> * Types of complaints received by the Department of Transportation
> (DOT)
> from passengers with disabilities
> * DOT's complaint-handling process
>
> About the Presenter: Mike Spollen is a native of the Washington,
> D.C. area.
> After attending Virginia Tech and graduating from George Mason
> University,
> Mike began his federal career as in investigator in 1979 with the
> Civil
> Aeronautics Board (CAB). At the CAB, he investigated potential
> violations by
> airlines
> of various consumer protection regulations, and was involved
> closely in the
> development and implementation of the first federal regulation
> protecting
> the
> rights of airline passengers with disabilities. Mike says that he has
> finally gotten over the fact that, after Congress realized that the
> CAB had
> hired
> him, it quickly passed sunset legislation closing that agency at
> the end of
> 1984.
>
> Not to be deterred, Mike transferred from the CAB to the Department of
> Transportation (DOT), where he currently works in the General
> Counsel's
> Aviation
> Consumer Protection Division. Since passage of the Air Carrier
> Access Act
> (ACAA) in 1986, Mike has been actively involved in DOT's efforts to
> protect
> the
> civil rights of airline passengers with disabilities and ensure
> airlines'
> compliance with DOT's ACAA regulations. Mike currently serves as DOT's
> aviation
> disability team leader, where he helps coordinate the Department's
> rulemaking, investigative and enforcement activities.
>
>
> To link to this Web cast and download accompanying materials visit:
> http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html
>
>
> For instructions on how to access a Web cast visit:
> http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html
>
>
> Please visit this site ahead of time to test and ensure your
> computer is
> configured and updated to participate in the Web cast.
>
> For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs (frequently asked
> questions) at:
> http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html
>
> or contact a Web cast team member at
> webcast at ilru.org
>  or 713.520.0232 (v/tty).
>
> This Web cast is supported through the Disability Law Resource Project
> (DLRP), a project of ILRU. DLRP (
> www.dlrp.org
> ) is one of ten Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers
> (DBTACs) funded by the National Institute on Disability and
> Rehabilitation
> Research
> (NIDRR) to provide training, technical assistance and materials
> dissemination on the ADA and other disability-related laws. NIDRR
> is part of
> the U.S. Department
> of Education.
>
> The opinions and views expressed are those of the presenters and no
> endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred.
>
> We hope to see you on Wednesday, September 13, 2006!
>
>
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