Originally Posted by shiznit

I agree with that assessment on the whole, just remember that flt. ops has to get everything it tries to change reviewed and eventually stamped "approved for use" by the FAA, then the book/manual/paperwork we want to use has to be reviewed and approved for use.....then the training footprint has to be reviewed and approved for use.....then the implementation schedule has to be reviewed and approved for use...

FAA: A notoriously slow organization doing everything in excruciatingly slow with massive and unnecessary redundancy, taking 40-50 years to catch up with the current situation.....(rest rules anyone?)