Airfare advertising without baggage and seat reservation fees is unfair and deceptive

If anyone thought airline baggage fees were reaching a plateau, take a loolk at Spirit Airlines’ new baggage fees coming into effect in November 2012. — $100 for carry-on luggage checked in at the gate! Unbelievable!

Airline pilots do it. Military pilots do it. Private pilots do it. JetBlue does it. Alec Baldwin tried to do it. Why can’t we do it? Use electronic items during take off and landing? Once upon a time, with old cell phones there may have been a reason to limit electronic interference with aircraft avionics. Is that still true?

We have all heard of Predator drones striking terrorist targets inside Pakistan, Yemen and other countries. There, these unmanned aircraft can fly with impunity. But, what about here at home? Drones area already being used to monitor our borders, realtors use them for aerial shots of properties, police departments are using drones more and more, and this is just the beginning.

Though consumers didn’t end up with a legislated three-hour tarmac-delay rule, nor did they manage to get a “Sense of Congress” comment about airline price transparency, there is a lot to cheer about in the bill that will probably be passed next week.