Nothing like trying to close the door after it’s blown off the exit row fuselage: the Senate passed a wide-ranging aviation bill that reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years and increases funding to recruit, train and retain air traffic controllers, NBC News reports. With Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the helm, the House is expected to pass the bill next week.
The $105 billion bill includes more than just administrative paperwork for a government agency. It also funds systems to avoid close-calls on the runway, speeds time for airlines to issue refunds, prevents carriers from charging families more to sit together, and authorizes tazing people who stand up before the plane has come to a complete stop at the jetway. (Okay, we may have made up that last one.)