So let me get this straight. New rules that limit the amount of time that we as an airline can keep passengers on the ground have already been passed. These rules will fine an airline $27k per passenger, which equates to a $1.3 mil fine for a 50 seat plane. But, when the FAA finally decides that it shouldn't allow pilots to work a 16 hour day, things slow down because it may cost the airlines too much money.
I guess the easiest way to sum this one up is that a plane full off ****ed off passengers is more important to the current administration than plane full of dead ones.