Pay attention to Chucky. This is why these efforts to change the 1500 hour rule will likely go nowhere. The FAA can change the requirements for an ATP, but they cannot get rid of the requirement for an ATP to be hired at 121 carriers without congressional approval. Chucky will likely be the next Leader of the Democrats in the Senate when Harry retires or gets retired. So as long as the Democrats have 40 votes in the Senate, this will go nowhere because I don't see the FAA relaxing the standards for getting an ATP any more than they already have, and the Democrats in the Senate are not going to go against Chucky, he's too powerful.

The likely outcome from this is some kind of report that the rule needs to be changed. The FAA will send them to congress because they will refuse to lower the standards for an ATP any more. It will pass the House, and Chucky will bottle it up in the Senate and tell them to pound sand, game over.

This will never get changed until the Republicans have 61 votes in the Senate, then it still may not depending on whether they hold together. And the chances of Republicans getting 61 votes in the Senate is very unlikely, no matter wheat Obama does.