It s the beginning of the real push. This is something we re very actively pushing. Dingell s bill promotes air carrier competition and establishes protections for airline passengers and Sweeney s requires air carriers to provide everyone, including travel agents, access to all fares whether they have access to the Internet or not, among other provisions. ASTA president Richard Copland said, Travel agents major strength is people power. They have themselves and their customers.
Legislators are concerned with their constituents who are our customers.
The more letters we re able to send, especially at the local level, the better. It s like the court of public opinion. Our feeling is that they will be published. We have to build the interest in the legislation. Copland emphasized that lobbying works.