GOP on the Brink of Weakening Flight Safety Rules

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Special interests are, of course, at the heart of the matter. Shuster is a five-term Republican who has received $115,750 from the aviation industry over the course of his career. That money has led Shuster to advocate for an outright weakening of basic flight safety rules despite all the opposition from grief-stricken relatives of crash victims to possibly the most famous pilot in America. The question now is whether the aviation industry’s money will keep Shuster’s language in the final bill.

According to famed pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Shuster's amendment “creates a huge obstacle to new regulations. Sullenberger said he believed that “at some point in the future, we don’t know when, it’s likely people will die unnecessarily.” He also said on MSNBC that it was a “slap in the face” to the Flight 3407 families while decrying “special interests only interested in the bottom line.”

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