Originally Posted by
guppie
oh Andy. It goes much deeper than Duckworth. Schumer is running this show. I told you buddy. The Democrats are a friend of Alpa. The RAA knows whazzup….
From the RAA letter to Congress in June:
A bipartisan group of Senate Commerce Committee Members have worked with stakeholders, constituents, airports, and community leaders to draft sound amendments to address the pilot shortage. These measures have the support and votes needed to pass in the Committee. Unfortunately, the Air Line Pilot Association (ALPA) opposes them, and the Senate Majority Leader will not allow the mark-up to be scheduled until these issues are resolved. We can speculate on why ALPA doesn’t want to solve the pilot shortage.2 However, Senate leaders must ensure a labor union representing the wealthiest work group in America3 does not exert undue influence on what can and cannot be considered by the U.S. Senate.
Back the PAC!!
LOL!
The FAA Reauthorization Act doesn't
need to pass until Sep 30. After that date, there needs to be an FAA reauthorization or there needs to be an extension. They will extend. But the extension will not include all of that .gov money/pork that's going to be spent in the bill.
Schumer and the Ds are going to get that bill through the Senate going into an election year. There's too much .gov pork that they'll want to spend. With that comes political donations from the big recipients of those FAA contracts.
At the moment, the 5 meter target is the debt ceiling. After that's raised, Senate priorities will shift to getting the FAA Reauthorization Act passed.
Politicians don't care about pilots. And that applies to both sides of the aisle.