Originally Posted by
Andy
Bottom line is that this will new stall the FAA Reauthorization Act indefinitely because Duckworth can't get the Reauthorization Act out of subcommittee because she doesn't have enough votes. The odds of the Reauthorization Act passing before the end of September now looks unlikely. How long this is allowed to stay stuck in subcommittee before Democratic leadership applies pressure on the subcommittee is unknown. I do not expect them to have unlimited patience, as there is a lot of spending associated with the Reauthorization Act. This delay is likely to be negative for Sen Duckworth's political future within the Democratic party.
This also puts age 67 slighly less likely to be included in the FAA Reauthorization Act.
I agree with that, it's not on rails at the moment and is now in play again. The re-authorization will have to go forward, maybe a bit late, but it has to go sooner, not later. It's possible that they could simply move forward without any changes to pilot training and age, but those issues matter to at least a few folks and the way this works is there has to be something in it for everybody who's voting.
Also Tammy or the senate leadership can't just line it out and move forward, it would then have to go back to the house and see how much THEY care about it.