The FAA can use emergency rule to skip all the comment, etc. Some senators at the hearing I watched were urging the FAA to use this power to push reform through more quickly. I don't remember if the senators wanted this for specific rules, or for all reform in general. The senators seemed much more keen on this than the FAA.

It was all bi-partisan by the way. From what I watched all the politicians wanted reform and the FAA to act more quickly. From what I saw I would expect things to change fast..., but, we are talking about the government here.