BEFOR E TH E U.S

. DEPARTMEN T O F TRANSPORTATIO N

WASHINGTON , D.C

. I n th e matte r

of : Fina l Rul e Enhancin g Airlin e Passenge r

Protection s


### REQUES T T O EXTEN D EFFECTIV E DAT E Th e Ai r Transpor t Associatio n o f

America , Inc., ' th e Regional Airiin e Association ^ an dth e Ai r Carrier Associatio n o f

Americ ao n behal f

o f our members , hav e astron g interes t in th e final rul e publishe di n th e Federal Registe r a t 7 4 P R6898 3 on Decembe r

30 , 200 9 wit

h a n effectiv e date o f Apri l 29 , 2010

. B y thi s filing, ATA request s th e Departmen t exten dth e effectiv e dat e 9 0 day s fo r th e disclosur e requirement s i n 1 4 CFR234.11(b ) tha t wil l requir e extensiv e change s to carrie r reportin g systems

. Th e Departmen t

mandate s several reportin g requirement s in thi s final rul e tha t wil l requir e syste man dprotoco l changes , desig n work , programming , an dtestin g o f th e ne w procedure s t o ensure dat aintegrity

. Specifically , th e Departmen t mandate s that

fo r eac h domesti c flight

fo r whic h schedul e informatio n i s availabl e o n it s We b site , includin g domesti c code-share flights, a reportin g carrie r

mus t display (1 ) th e percentag e o f arrival s tha

t wer e on time , i.e

. aflight tha t arrive s les s tha

n 1 5 minute s afte

r it s publishe darrival time , (2 ) th e percentag e o f arrival s tha

t wer e more than 3 0 minute s late , (3 ) special highlightin g i f th e flight wa s more than 3 0 minute s late more tha

n 5 0 percen t

o f th e time , (4 ) th e percentag e o f flight cancellation s i f

5 percen t o r more o f th e flight's operation s wer e cancele din th e mont h covered. ^
Mos t carrier s already compl y wit h th e first itembu t al l o f th e remainin g item s represen t ne w parameter s an ditem s (2 ) an d(3 ) are no t currentl y reporte dto th e Burea u o f Transportatio n Statistics

. Eac h carrie r

wil l hav e t o develo p ametho dt o captur e th e percentag e o f arrival s more tha n 3 0 minute s late an dt o identif y any flights tha

t ar e 3 0 minute s late more than 5 0 percen t o f th e time

. I n additio n to designin g ho w th e informatio n wil l b e captured , eac h carrie r wil l hav e to

ATA airlin e member s are : AB X Air , Inc. ; AirTran Airways ; Alask aAirlines , Inc. ; America n Airlines , Inc. ; ASTARAi r

Cargo , Inc. ; Atla s Air , Inc. ; Continental Airlines , Inc. ; Delt aAi r Lines , Inc. ; Evergree n International Airlines , Inc. ; Federa

l Expres s Corporation ; Hawaiian Airlines ; JetBlu e Airway s Corp. ; Southwes t Airline s Co. ; Unite dAirlines , Inc. ; UP S Airlines ; an dU S Airways , Inc

. ATA Airlin e Associat e Member s are : Ai r Canada ; Ai r Jamaic aLtd. ; an dMexicana

. 2 Aerolitoral ; Ai r

Wisconsi n Airline s Corp. ; AirNe t System s Inc. ; American Eagl e Airlines ; Atlanti c Southeas t Airlines ; Cap e Air ; Chautauqu aAirlines ; Colgan Air ; Comair ; CommutAir ; Compas s Airlines ; Empir e Airlines ; EraAviation ; ExpressJet ; GoJet ; Gran dCanyo n Airlines/Scenic ; Grea t Lake s Aviation ; Gulfstrea mInt' l Airlines ; Horizo n Air ; Islan dAir ; Jaz z Air ; Lynx Aviation , Inc. ; Mesab aAviation ; Ne w Englan dAirlines ; Piedmont Airlines ; Pinnacl e Airlines , Inc. ; PS A Airlines ; Republi c Airlines ; Shuttl e America ; SkyWes t Airlines , Inc ; Tran s State s Airline s ^ Se e 1 4 CF

R234.11 , 7 4 F

R69002

.programthei r internal system s t o mak e thes e change s an dtes t th e ne w procedure s t o ensur e dat a integrity

. Carrier s wil l als o hav e t o modif y thei r website s t o display thi s ne w information

. Finally , i n additio n t o al l o f th e interna l carrie r

changes , eac h carrie r

wil l als o hav e t o complete th e same processe s fo

r eac h domesti c code-shar e partne r whos e flights are displaye do n it s website

. Thi s inter-carrie r coordinatio n t o displa

y histori c flight

informatio n fo

r domesti c code

share partner(s ) i s unprecedente dan dwil l take asignificant amoun t o f time

. A s th e Departmen t

i s aware , it

i s extremel y importan t

tha t carrier s hav e enoug h tim e t o thoroughl y tes t

an daudi t any publicl y displaye dinformation

. Give n th e extensiv e coordinatio n thi s regulatio n wil l require an dth e importanc e o f presentin g thi s ne w informatio n correctly , th e curren t complianc e perio di s inadequate

. We therefore reques t tha t th e effectiv e dat e fo

r 1 4 CFR 234.11(b ) b e extende dfo

r 9 0 days

. Respectfull y submitted

. 

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