Come on guys. The FAA is OWNED by the ATA and RAA. As a result of the bad press with the Colgan accident, the FAA has to PRETEND to do something, only without really doing hardly anything. Hopefully Congress will take charge of it and FORCE the FAA to do something meaningful . . . like it appears they are doing with the stupid watered-down 800 hour experience requirement to fly Part 121 that the FAA proposed and the RAA figures is better than real safety of real airline pilot license.

My guess is that the lap-dog dolts at ALPA Delta that want a 9 hour fly day are going to get it (the ATA loves those guys) and there will be a tiny, inconsequential, and laughable increase in rest.