We've joined the Coalition for an Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights (flyersrights.org) and other leading consumer groups in a letter urging the Senate to maintain the strongest possible passenger rights language in the FAA Reauthorization Bill, HR 2881, on the floor this week. Just as the banks are whining about credit card reform -- don't hit us while we are down -- so are the airlines. But the airlines deserve nothing from the Congress (and they're expecting a lot) unless the Congress also guarantees that passengers will be treated with dignity. The airlines haven't guaranteed that, and that's a big part of their problem. Here's a Youtube video blog interview I did last summer with Kate Hanni, a stranded passenger who founded the coalition.