Originally Posted by ChrisJT6

"It was tough to implement it on cargo because of the cost-benefit to this," LaHood said. RIGHT! It is tough when the hugely profitable cargo carriers offer hundreds of millions in lobby money to exempt Cargo carriers...that operate wide body aircraft from the same airports/space. The pax and cargo carriers spend many times more in a quarter on lobbying than the annual costs Mr. LaHood mentions as a result from this rule change. This bull is sprayed despite the companies having to report massive Qtly expenditures on their lawyer lobby. We now have two levels of safety and no one will give a darn until people die.
He with the most money wins...there should be some big executive bonuses handed out for this win.