ATW Daily News

"In a sharply worded statement, the trade group called the proposal "logistically impossible to implement" and said it "seems to abandon the advancements in pilot training programs that have been instrumental in improving airline safety." ATA President and CEO James May said in a statement, "While we appreciate the FAA's desire to quickly adopt new training rules, we believe that the rule as proposed could set the safety clock back by more than a decade."

Only a decade? Than they should still do it... these rules are 5 decades old.

I think the CFO's from each major just ran the numbers for how much more manpower, training, and time this will cost the company at our expense.. and as a result they came up with this letter.