Originally Posted by
Nucflash
If one is going to dispute rumors (or support rumors) one must go to the SOURCE. Here is the unequivocal SOURCE. Let’s put the “ALPA is lying” conspiracy theories to rest.
NEHLS AMENDMENT
Read **PAGE 7** above. How this is going down is that **NEHLS** offered an amendment to HR 3935, the FAA Reauthorization Bill. That is TRUE.
The standalone bills in the House and Senate are basically intended to smokescreen the process and to promote the PR campaign (Graham’s press conference, etc). They don’t have a chance. Clearly, it is MUCH more simple to tack something like this on to a more important bill of massive proportion than to pass it in both houses and have it signed by Biden as a standalone.
Now, it just so happens that there is a very senior Delta pilot with the same last name who lives just outside Houston, in the same town in which Congressman Nehls lives, which is in the same county where Nehls was formerly the sheriff. That is also TRUE. Coincidence? I’m certainly not going to post personal information here; you can source that for yourselves.
Again, that amendment's origin dates back to the 117th Congress.
As for tacking a bill on a larger bill as an amendment, that's pretty standard operating procedure in DC. It may be considered nefarious, but that's how the sausage is made in DC.
Do you have a quote from ALPA saying that Nehls did this because his brother is a WB CA? I haven't seen any statements from ALPA, just statements from individuals who oppose the change, attributing the origin of this to Nehls.
Pointed question for you to answer: Are you stating that Nehls is the origin of this proposed age change? Simple yes or no.