Schuster amendment dropped from FAA Bill

[Barty]

Well yeah, that is actually an option. Same thing with the pay. Don't like it, don't do it. Getting people to say "no, we won't work these hours for this money" would be my preferred method of changing things, rather than getting the federal government which is, by nature, slow and inefficient, to step in. Unfortunately, that does not seem likely to happen in this flawed world we live in.

Agreed.

When I look at regulations affecting the workplace and if the government really has a role in stepping in, one of the questions I always have to put forth to people is, "why do you work there and/or are in that profession?"

People have much better employment mobility than they did 100 years ago. Although it is sometimes unpleasant to pull up stakes and move a couple of states away for a job, if that's what it takes to be employed under more favorable conditions, then so be it. One who is well educated or skilled in a marketable field generally does not have a problem finding a job, though it may mean moving to another location to find employment.

As long as employers have no problems filling a given position, they are very unlikely to change their policies. On the other hand, if you didn't have people flocking to the airlines to fly their shiny jets, they'd be forced to take a hard look at WHY nobody wants to work there, and would likely change their practice voluntarily, without the force of the government. I'm probably going to continue to advocate this approach for quite some time simply because the government by nature is very heavy handed when it comes to rule making. Very seldom does any regulation come about without a whole host of unintended consequences and increased costs aside from the obvious.

 

[Hernandezcfi]

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/...pilots-to-dangerous-fatigue-errors/47470662/1

 

[Cruise]

The ATA = typical scumbag mgmt response.

It's funny, during the Public Hearing for 3407, our (at the time) VP of Safety was defending the schedules as well. So much so that he, under oath, said he would fly along with a crew for a 4-day trip to prove how "safe" the schedules were. Well, it's been 2 years since the hearing and that "fly along" has never happened. Nice!

 

[moxiepilot]

I'm glad that the 3407 movement is pleased with the repeal, but unfortunately the PBC article does not explain exactly what the ammendment was - and unfortunately that does not help the public understand anything at all. Bloomberg does, however.