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Charter Carrier JSX Asks Passengers to Help Stop FAA Review Plan
- Charter operator asked its customers to act ‘right now’
- FAA, TSA inquiries triggered by rapid growth of such charters
A JSX airplane on the tarmac at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California.
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/BloombergA Texas-based public charter jet service is accusing American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. of pressuring federal regulators in an effort to undermine its business model, and is asking the flying public to fight back.
JSX, a charter carrier headquartered in Dallas, said in an email to customers that the broad review of public charter safety standards by the Federal Aviation Administration was triggered “under pressure” from American, Southwest and their labor unions in an effort to stymie competition.