John Porcari, who served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation during the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement negotiations, authored an opinion piece published today by the Huffington Post titled “Setting the record straight on Norwegian Air and the US-EU Open Skies Agreement.”
Porcari says, “A decision whether or not to grant operating authority based on compliance with Article 17 is at the heart of implementation of the ATA …This administration should be justifiably proud that appropriate labor provisions were negotiated into this agreement; let’s use them for their intended purpose.” Read more