Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
According to multiple press reports, the Congress has not included an extension of the timeline for the certification of the 737 MAX 7 and 10 in the annual "defense policy bill", actually the NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act. Since the NDAA is annually a must-pass legislative measure, often times "riders" are attached to it, to ease their passage.
Options for getting an extension done in this Congress are narrowing (insert details of legislative process here).
The lame duck Congress has a huge shopping list of must pass legislation so I think missing a rider attached to the NDAA means that the chance of getting a further extension is greatly diminished.
My understanding is when the drop dead date passes the dash 7 and 10 are done as they will have missed the grandfather window. Is there anyway the next Congress could retroactively reinstate the grandfathering ?