FMCSA Shuts Down Nevada Trucking Company as an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Las Vegas, Nevada-based JDJD Transportation, LLC, USDOT No. 2432071, to immediately shut down following a federal investigation that revealed numerous widespread violations of...

Lufthansa German Airlines 2015-1-17

U.S. Department of Transportation Fines Southwest $1.6 Million for Violating Tarmac Delay Rule

Largest Civil Penalty Assessed Against a Carrier for Violating Tarmac Delay Rules

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that Southwest Airlines violated federal rules involving lengthy tarmac delays last January. Southwest failed to offer passengers...

Southwest Airlines Co. 2015-1-10

This consent order concerns violations by Southwest Airlines Co., (Southwest) of 14 CFR Part 259, the Department’s tarmac delay rule; 49 U.S.C. § 42301, which requires adherence to a carrier’s emergency contingency plan; and 49 U.S.C. § 41712, which prohibits unfair and...

News Digest 113-14

FMCSA to Maintain 50 Percent Random Drug Testing Rates through 2015. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported today that the annual minimum random controlled substances testing rates for employees in safety sensitive positions, including tractor-trailer and bus...

U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Florida Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Florida-licensed truck driver James H. Patterson to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce....