Lobbying Relationship

Client

Southwest Airlines Pilot Association

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Lobbying firm

MCCARTHY ADVANCED CONSULTING LLC

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  • Lobbied on HR 3935/S1939, the FAA Reauthorization Act, including SWAPA priorities such as opposing raising the mandatory retirement age for Part 121 pilots, opposing reducing the 1500-hour rule First Officer qualifications, reforming the special issuance medical process w/ the FAA. Lobbied in opposition to raising the mandatory retirement age for Part 121 pilots. Lobbied in support of Congress urging the FAA to address the circumvention of Part 121 safety requirements by certain airlines masquerading as Part 135 on-demand charter operators. Provided technical guidance for bill proposal addressing pilot mental health screening protocols.

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General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Transportation, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues

Spending: about $1,050,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

Bills mentioned

H.R.2150: Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.2997: 21st Century AIRR Act

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.1405: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.302: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.3632: Fair and Open Skies Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.178: UIGHUR Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.4634: Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

H.R.8345: Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020

Sponsor: Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3095: Fair and Open Skies Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.741: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act

Sponsor: Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)

S.1608: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.344: Women Veterans TRUST Act

Sponsor: Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)

H.R.1262: Notice to Airmen Improvement Act of 2021

Sponsor: Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)

H.R.8513: Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act

Sponsor: Chip Roy (R-Texas)

S.4706: Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.1761: Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act of 2023

Sponsor: Troy Nehls (R-Texas)

S.893: Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

H.R.1818: Aviation Workforce Development Act

Sponsor: Mike Collins (R-Ga.)

H.R.3935: Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

S.1939: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.2874: Flight Education Access Act

Sponsor: Colin Allred (D-Texas)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Frank McCarthy House Transportation Committee, Representative Sue Kelley (NY-19) House Transportation Committee; Representative Sue Kelly (NY-19) House Transportation Committee; Representative Sue Kelly (NY0-19)
Brian Kerkhoven Legislative Director for Representative Kelly (PA); Legislative Assistant for Representative Jim Walsh (NY)
Paul Milotte Legislative Director; Representative Don Young (AK-At Large) Legislative Director: Representative Don Young (AK-At Large)
Erin Delaney n/a

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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