Had a federali on board last week and engaged in some discussion about the new crew duty and rest rules possibly going into affect...when asked how long it would take he said:

Usually it takes 2 years to get a rule brought to legislation but their goal is to have new rules in place within three months ...he said something will be on the table by early OCT

The main parts of the rule suggest:

reducing duty days to 12 hours...possibly discountinuing CDO's...and having shorter days for thos that fly a large quantity of shorter legs in a duty period...

i'm hopeful we won't have to furlough the required number...and can get everyone back here...and those guys in the pool



On another note he was actually there to check my pairing and make sure that Mesaba was giving everyone legal rest...