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Office of the General Counsel

The General Counsel serves as the Chief Legal Officer of the Department, with final authority on questions of law.  He is the legal advisor to the Secretary, and is responsible for the supervision, coordination and review of the legal work of the almost 500 lawyers throughout DOT.  The General Counsel is responsible for the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection and Enforcement, and also coordinates the Department's legislative efforts, regulatory program, and involvement in legal proceedings before other agencies, as well as various operational and international legal matters.  The immediate Office of the General Counsel (OGC) includes approximately 90 lawyers, analysts, and administrative professionals. For an organizational chart, see in pdf or in plain text.
 

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CURRENT LEGAL & REGULATORY MATTERS

  • NEW   On May 14, the Department published the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) containing, among other useful consumer information, flight delay, complaint, and mishandled baggage statistics for the month of March 2012. The industry’s on-time arrival rate of 82.2 percent in March was up from the 79.2 percent on-time rate of March 2011, but down slightly from February 2012’s 86.2 percent rate. Airlines reported three tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and no tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in March.

 

 

 

 

 


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