Yes, we still live in a free country and you can choose to ignore any law you don't agree with, and we have prisons full of people who have done that, some are repeat offenders. Keep in mind that Congress elected by the people established the regulatory agencies and ceded the "power" to regulate with congressional oversight. The current bill before the house is an example of that oversight and I would suggest that we may some more congressional actions coming in other areas the agency overreach in the next few years.
Joe
This bill picked up 4 new sponsors yesterday and now has 32 Co-sponsors.:
New Cosponsor: Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL6]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ11]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY2]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL15]
-CubBuilder
Agreed. 3 Ds and 28 Rs on this one, whereas the two previous pilot-friendly bills had much more balance. One of the original sponsors was Petereson (D-MN), so it's not clear to me at all why there aren't more Democrats on board. Could be a timing thing, could be a subcommittee thing. I certainly haven't contacted my congressman (Lewis, D-GA), so I'm as guilty of inactivity as anyone.
Possibly EAA has some insight?
Good question Jeff!.
If my memory serves me GW Bush was a fan of user fees, and so it seems is the current President. Given the very small number of "RINO's" on the GOP side and "Moderates" on the left, we get most of the party positions staked-out by the "leadership". The airlines play a big role in that fight, and they all have to get re-elected ($$$). One of the GOP's major themes is big govt and "overreach" so they have jumped on the 3rd class medical issue as yet another example of that. Both parties represent different segments of the population and while the $ is with the airlines the votes are in the GA population. It's unlikely that this bill will ever see a vote, but it's good "politics" to jump on the bandwagon. I'm not taking any political position here, just looking at the behavior pattern. Remember that we have about 500 people sitting in Congress who have very comfortable life styles and don't want to loose them. Most are there because they tell their voters what they want to hear!
Joe
Our friends in the Senate have introduced a companion bill to the House on their side of the Hill.
See http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/A...px?CMP=ADV%3A1