Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I'll be honest, I don't know why these reps are pushing this, other than to give then appearance of "doing something, anything" about the pilot shortage. Yes the effect is real on small towns, like the one my parents live in. I guess a variety of industry groups want it too... basically all of them except A4A. But it's obviously somebody's pet project, and not too many people will pee on those guys' wheaties over something that doesn't really matter to them and doesn't cost them anything.
That’s exactly why… here’s an issue that can give the Congress an appearance of a “win.” “Look at how we solved the pilot shortage”. No one is up there looking out for their 64 year old neighbor. I’ll bet there is a lot of phone calls to reps over losing regional service to their hometown airport though.