That outcome is certainly not out of the question, but is it necessarily bad? Are we better off with what we have now (someone who never sees you, in a place you can't get to without a big investment of time and money) or a system in which someone who actually examines you makes the judgement call? That is the key question. If you ask people who have dealt with the F.A.A.'s present system I don't think you'll find many who say it sucks. Those of you who care about this issue should read
S.685 and then consider contacting the
Senate Subcommittee staff members (both majority and minority) by phone and letting them know what you think about it, good or bad.