Originally Posted by
PilotFrog
Ok how fair is it that a controller falls asleep and within a MONTH they have new schedules and rest requirements. No one died on that incident and yet years after the Colgan CRASH with loss of life we still don't have anything done?
Life isn't about fairness, but it is about money. Your comparison does point out how the politicians are willing to throw money at something quicker than they can sneeze so they can tell everyone how great they are for "fixing" something that may or may not have been broken. Thus it gives them talking points when they go home to see their constituents.
As for airlines, they have lobbyists who the politicians very much care about. The lobbyist throw money at the politicians who are thus given incentive for not doing anything to upset said lobbyist in order to keep the money coming.
Airline Political Contributions