Notice of Advisory Committee on Accessible Air Transportation: Second Meeting

Advisory Committee on Accessible Air Transportation: Second Meeting June 14-15

National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure (NACTTI)

In December 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) which provides long-term surface transportation funding.  One of the highlights of the FAST Act is the creation of the National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure to...

Key Service Animal Issues

Working Groups

Accessible LavatoriesIn-Flight Entertainment/CommunicationsService Animals

The ACCESS Committee has formed working groups to address the three ACCESS Advisory Committee issues listed above.  The working groups include Committee members and experts or representatives who are not...

Service Animals Working Group

The ACCESS Committee established the Service Animal Working Group to address whether to amend the definition of “service animals” that may accompany passengers with a disability on a flight.

The Service Animal Working Group is not authorized to make decisions for the Committee as a...

In-Flight Entertainment/Communications Working Group

The ACCESS Committee established the In-Flight Entertainment/Communications Working Group to address whether to require accessible inflight entertainment (IFE) and strengthen accessibility requirements for other in-flight communications.

The In-Flight Entertainment/...

Accessible Lavatories Working Group

The ACCESS Committee established the Accessible Lavatories Working Group to address whether to require an accessible lavatory on new single-aisle aircraft over a certain size.

The Accessible Lavatories Working Group is not authorized to make decisions for the Committee as a whole....

Ground Rules.Annex A.Voting Committee Lists

Annex A indicates the issues for which each Party has a stakeholder and/or expert interest. Parties shall not be required to participate in deliberations, and hereby agree to abstain in all votes, on issues for which they do not represent a stakeholder and/or expert interest per Annex A.

1st Meeting: May 17-18

Omni Shoreham Hotel2500 Calvert Street NWWashington, D.C. 20001

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Attendance is open to the public up to the room’s capacity of 150 attendees....

6th Meeting: Oct. 12-14

Hilton Arlington, 950 N. Stafford St., Arlington, VA 22203.

The meeting will be open to the public. Attendance will necessarily be limited by the size of the meeting room (maximum 150 attendees). Since space...