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Those Leftists who were hired on in â€˜93, are embedded like tapeworms in every facet of government. Theyâ€™ve had 20+ years to entrench, and nothing short of revolution will dislodge them.

"Unelected and unaccountable Washington bureaucrats" were grabbing power long before 1993.

FDR, LBJ, Nixon all lengthened their leashes.

OSHA, EEOC, EPA are some of the most rabid agencies, but the list also includes the FAA and many others.

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Aircraft certification bill to reduce cost of flying

The part that's not clear by the text is the ability to move current CAR3 and Part23 aircraft to something like Canada's Owner-Maintained category, essentially making them like Experimental-Amateur Built. Trio autopilots at $3k instead of $10k for "FAA Certified", ability to work on and modify your aircraft, use off-the-shelf parts, etc. The best example is being able to use an aftermarket door handle for your Cherokee (which is the door handle from a 1959 Studebaker), instead of $700 from Piper, or $400 for a PMA'd door handle.

Even stupid stuff like a standard gas strut for the baggage door. $40 from NAPA (it's an off the shelf car part) rather than $500 from the OEM.

We move away from the idiocy of Whelen having to spend $1m and three years to certify an LED replacement landing light (which is a 1959 Ford headlight).