So...this could kill the rest rules? Thought those were "sorta" set in stone.
Not quite. The rule is being discussed, but if this passes, the FAA will be forced to do a cost/benefit analysis to see of it will cost the airlines money. And if it does...buh bye new rules.
Shuster and the industry cooked this up because they knew the plan by Don Young of Alaska to reintroduce the Inhofe amendment language was not going to happen.
Get those pens and pencils out now and write your congressional reps. This pile of manure and the Senate bill (much better) are now in conference committee being reconciled into a final single bill for the full Congress to vote on. Make you voice count.
From this week's ALPA FastRead on Friday, April 1st:
An amendment by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), which passed by a vote of 215-209, would require the FAA to consider additional cost/benefit analyses and industry-specific assessments before issuing a regulation. While Rep. Shuster and Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, maintain that the amendment will not apply to the pending flight/duty and rest rules, ALPA is concerned that the effect of this amendment may be to stall the pending rule, which is required by Aug. 1, 2011. ALPA will work through the conference process to clarify Rep. Shuster’s commitment that the amendment will not apply to pending rules
That is a bit more comforting, but then again as we all know in our contracts, language is key in these matters.