Obama Splits Difference on Transport Rest, Satisfying No One
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Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’sadministration this week issued fatigue-prevention rules forairline pilots and truckers that reflected compromise andnegotiation. They prompted all sides to talk about lawsuits.
The U.S. Transportation Department decided to not change an11-hour driving limit for truckers yesterday, prompting safetyadvocates to say they may sue. An industry group said it may sueover the requirements the agency did impose. A Dec. 21 fatiguerule for commercial-airline pilots that exempted cargo flightsprompted a lawsuit from the pilot’s union at United ParcelService Inc.