The White House OMB is where regulatory changes go to die.
Executive Order 13563 requires all regulations, new and existing, to "take into account benefits and costs, both quantitative and qualitative"
This same order also required all federal agencies to submit a plan to the OMB within 120 days (EO 13563 was signed on January 18, 2011) on rules to be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed.
My point: The OMB has had the information on the flight- and duty-time changes for plenty of time. The fact that the OMB just now decided to review them is pretty strong evidence that the lobbyists have gotten to them, and won.
But we'll never know. The OMB does not disclose to the public who it confers with, nor do they comment on regulations under review.
Now, on a lighter note, a riddle: What is the difference between jelly and jam?
