There goes Lott again, bringing facts to a discussion. Facts are racist. All issues can be reduced to whether you are a loving, caring, compassionate person, who believes in equity and social justice; or, whether you’re a part of the white, capitalistic, neo-Nazi patriarchy. Raising standards for pilots has no impact on the supply of pilots, just like disarming law-abiding citizens doesn’t embolden criminals, just like creating gobs of new money has no impact on inflation, and just like opening the border doesn’t invite a wave of illegal aliens.
They should follow it up how Fed.gov killed the passenger rail industry with increased regulation and Fed.gov control.