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Despite the amazing and hard-fought efforts of the AMA and other pro-aviation organizations, the House has passed the FAA Reauthorization bill -- with language that concerns AMA a great deal. The House passed the bill Wednesday 398-23 and is expected to also pass a short-term extension carrying the works through October 7 in the event that the Senate can’t get its act together before the September 30 deadline. However; knowledgeable insiders expect the Senate to pass the long-term bill with strong, bipartisan support. While many damaging provisions fought by the General and Commercial aviation community were killed off, a number of severe restrictions that are coun