The FAA reauthorization bill is now on the floor of the House of Representatives. One of the amendments that is up for a vote for inclusion is Amendment #6 offered by Congressman Bill Shuster (PA).
[QUOTE]Would improve Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rulemaking activities by requiring the Agency to recognize that the United States aviation industry is composed of a variety of different segments with different operating characteristics and requiring the FAA to tailor regulations to address the unique characteristics of each industry segment. The amendment also requires the FAA to conduct appropriate cost / benefit studies on all proposed regulations and only enact regulations upon a finding that the costs are justified by the benefits.[/QUOTE]
The intent is simple: He wants to gut the new flight time/duty time regulations being proposed.
While he got a measly $18,500 in contributions from the airline industry in 2010, it seems he now has a bigger problem.
The families of Colgan 3407.
Word from folks on Capitol Hill is that they are rolling out everything they have to let it be known how they feel about Shuster's amendment and his attempt to gut the rules.
NOW is the time to contact your Congressman. Go to
www.house.gov to look them up. Send an email and a fax. Send a Twitter. Send a carrier pidgeon. Tell your Congressman it's completely unacceptable to support the Shuster amendment.
It's time that decisions are made based on safety, not the depth of an airline's political pockets or the ATA.
Spread the word. We each need to take a minute and do this TODAY.