{"id":2376354,"date":"2024-12-04T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-slams-travel-executives-at-hearing-flying-on-your-airlines-is-horrible-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:05:26","slug":"hawley-slams-travel-executives-at-hearing-flying-on-your-airlines-is-horrible-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-slams-travel-executives-at-hearing-flying-on-your-airlines-is-horrible-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawley slams travel executives at hearing: \u2018Flying on your airlines is horrible\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawley-slams-travel-executives-at-hearing-flying-on-your-airlines-is-horrible-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent Senate\u200b hearing,\u200b Senator\u2063 Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">strongly criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-lincoln-project-execs-knew-of-weaver-allegations-in-march-before-big-donors-ponied-up\/\" title=\"Report: Lincoln Project Execs Knew of Weaver Allegations in March, Before Big Donors Ponied Up\">senior executives<\/a><\/a> from major U.S.\u200b airlines for the\u200d poor quality of flying experiences, calling it a\u2062 &#8220;disaster.&#8221;\u200d The hearing, \u200dconducted by the\u200b Senate Permanent Subcommittee \u200don\u2064 Investigations, featured CEOs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-if-youre-looking-for-election-rigging-look-no-further-than-media-treatment-of-hunter-biden-saga\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Carlson: &#039;If You&#039;re Looking for Election Rigging, Look No Further&#039; Than Media Treatment of Hunter Biden Saga\">senior officials<\/a> \u200cfrom\u2063 several airlines, including \u2063Spirit, Frontier, Delta, United, and\u2062 American Airlines. A significant point of discussion was the issue of &#8220;junk fees&#8221; associated with air \u2064travel. Hawley expressed his frustration,stating that the overall experience of flying on their airlines \u200bis terrible,especially for \u200cfamilies.\u2064 His comments aimed to hold the airline \u2063executives accountable \u200cfor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-lgbt-activism-is-harming-the-mental-health-of-lgbt-youth\/\" title=\"The Impact of LGBT Activism on the Mental Well-Being of LGBT Youth\">negative experiences reported<\/a> by passengers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hawley slams travel executives at hearing: &lsquo;Flying on your airlines is horrible&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1903288\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) slammed the senior executives of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. airlines<\/a> during a hearing Wednesday to remind them that flying with their companies is a &ldquo;disaster.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to hear from Spirit Airlines CEO Matthew Klein, Frontier Airlines Senior Vice President Robert Schroeter, Delta External Affairs Officer Peter Carter, United Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Nocella, and American Airlines Chief Strategy Officer Steve Johnson. At the center of the senators&rsquo; questioning was the matter of junk fees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220326\/five-democrats-prime-position-face-party-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>FIVE DEMOCRATS IN PRIME POSITION TO BE FACE OF THE PARTY IN 2028<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m slightly amazed by the general attitude of all of you here. Flying on your airlines is horrible. It&rsquo;s a terrible experience. I mean, I say this as a father of three young children, but I can&rsquo;t tell you, nobody enjoys flying on your airlines,&rdquo; Hawley told the executives. &ldquo;You charge people fees that they know nothing about. You harass them to death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These airlines are the worst. Their executives make tens of millions a year &ndash; and yet they make flying MISERABLE to wring every last penny of profit from the consumer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6LyfHvNmj\">pic.twitter.com\/d6LyfHvNmj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1864351494008656316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hawley shared an anecdote about a time his wife was flying with their then 5-year-old son during the coronavirus pandemic. An American Airlines flight attendant threatened his wife with a travel ban if she didn&rsquo;t keep her son&rsquo;s mask on his face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW KAMALA HARRIS PLOWED THROUGH $1 BILLION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Airlines like Spirit and Frontier paid their gate agents $26 MILLION to harass customers whose bags were &lsquo;too big,&#8217;&rdquo; Hawley captioned a video of his questioning on X. &ldquo;Keep in mind that they&rsquo;re harassing customers who&rsquo;ve already paid. It&rsquo;s corporate greed in action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Airlines like Spirit and Frontier paid their gate agents $26 MILLION to harass customers whose bags were &ldquo;too big&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that they&#8217;re harassing customers who&#8217;ve already paid<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s corporate greed in action <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afEmNvfgzd\">pic.twitter.com\/afEmNvfgzd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1864348101924016339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Schroeter admitted that Frontier gate agents earn $10 per bag that they label as too big. The bonus comes because it is &ldquo;a hard job&rdquo; according to Schroeter.<\/p>\n<p>Out of all the airlines represented Wednesday, Spirit&nbsp;is the sole company that filed for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3232955\/spirit-airlines-files-bankruptcy-after-failed-merger-jetblue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chapter 11 bankruptcy\">Chapter 11 bankruptcy<\/a> just days before the Thanksgiving holiday and months after it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/2900878\/jetblue-spirit-airlines-drop-planned-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chapter 11 bankruptcy\">failed to merge<\/a>&nbsp;with JetBlue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1903288\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1903288\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawley criticizes airline executives: &#8216;Flying is a disaster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2376355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/josh-hawley-turns-old-blue-seat-republican-stronghold.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6327,3690,46132],"class_list":["post-2376354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-airlines","tag-hawley","tag-travel-executives"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/josh-hawley-turns-old-blue-seat-republican-stronghold.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376358,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376354\/revisions\/2376358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}