Originally Posted by
ChrisJT6
FAR 117:
- congressional mandate w a deadline that made it to the administion's DOT in plenty of time for suspense date. Obama and his team carved out the Cargo pilots in a sad political display of he w the most money wins lobby demo. Released the final rule late w carve out after they'd rec'd enough lobby donations.
Not a great point to bring up in my opinion in defense of Mr Obama, pretty sickening poke in the eye to our cargo brothers.
Total BS. Congressional mandate? Are you just making stuff up? He appointed Randy Babbitt to head the FAA. A former ALPA Chief. That's why we have FAR 117. The political hurdles to get there were incredible...especially the Memphis Fred FEDEX lobby. You take what you can get.
Last edited by jsled; 04-17-2016 at 07:06 PM.