[blindlaw] FW: Web cast on the Air Carrier Access Act and the ADA

[Noel Nightingale]

-----Original Message-----
From: DLRP at ILRU [mailto:webcast at ilru.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:45 PM
To: ilru at ilru.org
Subject: Web cast on the Air Carrier Access Act and the ADA


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!