Appearances and Commentary
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- Wingless Wonder: Supreme Court of Alaska Defines “Aircraft” as Less than the Sum of its Parts, LexBlog, Feb. 7, 2024
- The Shocking Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident, Briefly Explained, Vox, January 12, 2024
- Legal Fights Stand in the Way of Air Taxis, Legal Dive, October 27, 2023
- UCF Professor, Aviation Lawyer on the Future of Flying Vehicles, UCF Today, August 21, 2023
- The White House May Finally Get Airlines to Pay You for Hellish Delays, Vox, May 8, 2023
- Advanced Air Mobility Conference Takes Flight at UCF, March 10, 2023, Advanced Air Mobility Conference Takes Flight at UCF | University of Central Florida News
- Boeing’s “Very Bad” Internal Messages Boost Crash Victims Suits, Could Help Crash Victims, Bloomberg, Jan. 15, 2020
- Interviewed by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Knowlege@Wharton in connection with Boeing 737 MAX tragedy, June 2019
- Did the United Airlines Passengers Have “Every Right” to Stay on the Plane?, PolitiFact, Apr. 14, 2017, http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/apr/14/andrew-napolitano/united-airlines-passenger-had-every-right-stay-pla/
- Orlando Leaders Consider New Rules for Drone Flying, WFTV-ABC (2016)
- Elena Ferrarin, South Elgin Resident Fights $50 Drone Citation, DailyHerald, Sept. 7, 2016, http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160907/news/160909125/
- Future Skies: Drones for Fun and Profit, Metro Center Outlook, WUCF-PBS (2016)
- FAA Calls for Drone Registry: How Big a Problem are “Close Calls”?, The Christian Science Monitor (2015), http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/1020/FAA-calls-for-drone-registry-How-big-a-problem-are-close-calls
- Feds to Require Registration of Drones, FOX35 (2015)
- Close Calls Between Drones and Planes, FOX35 (2015)
- Drones an Privacy in America NTV Broadcasting (Russia) (2015)
- Florida Drone Law, FOX35 Investigates (2015)
- Drone Legal Issues and Neighbors Complain of Drones Flying over Winter Park Back Yards, WKMG (Orlando 2015)
- What You’re Actually Buying When You Buy a Plane Ticket, Huffington Post (2015)
- Does it Pay to Hack Your Airfare, HUFFPost Live (Webcast) (2015)
- Civil RICO Action over Spirit Fees Ready to Take Off, Daily Business Review (2014), http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/id=1202672444302/Civil-RICO-Action-Over-Spirit-Fees-Ready-to-Take-Off
- Drones: The Good Kind, Podcast, The Tom Woods Show (Podcast) (2014)
- What Happens When a Drone Crashes?, FastCompany (2014), http://www.fastcompany.com/3028781/what-happens-when-a-drone-crashes
- If I fly Over My Neighbor’s House, Is It Trespassing?, The Atlantic (2012), http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/if-i-fly-a-uav-over-my-neighbors-house-is-it-trespassing/263431/#
- Space Commerce, China Central Television (2012)
- Cancellations and Passenger Rights, NBC Universal (2010)
- TSA Worker Arrested, NBC Universal (2010)
- Interview, Airline Passengers’ Rights, Miami-Dade Consumer Sense, Cable-TAP television (2007)
- China Blocks Takeoff of New Airlines, Asia Times (2007)
- Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights: Is It Time to Re-Regulate the Airline Industry with New Customer Protections?, National Public Radio, “The Conversation” KUOW, Seattle, WA (2007)
