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US House Aviation Safety Bill Falls One Vote Short of Passage

Did the House blow it by letting the ROTOR Act fail or is the ALERT Act the better way to get safety reform right?

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US House Aviation Safety Bill Falls One Vote Short of Passage

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Above: Aircraft on the tarmac. Image credit: Matthias Balk/picture alliance/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

The House blew it by letting the ROTOR Act fail. It was the cleanest route to safer skies and honoring those lost in the AA 5342 crash. Delay only risks more tragedies when action is needed now to fix the system from top to bottom.

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Rep. David Rouzer of North Carolina Transportation Today

Pro-establishment narrative

The ROTOR Act tried to rush fixes and ignored most NTSB recommendations. Real safety reform means covering every gap without jeopardizing national security. The ALERT Act gets it right by tightening oversight and safeguarding both pilots and defense operations.

Pat Harrigan on X Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia Armed Services GOP

Metaculus Prediction

Public Figures

Donald Trump

Establishment split

CRITICAL

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