mr. guerra mundy. >> thank you. i am exceedingly new to this job, just three months.t when i looked at your name i thought perhaps i had gone back to where was in the mid-90s will secretary babbitt when i was his deputy secretary. we did it lot of rulemaking at that time. and it is a process that can be exceedingly slow. have you set out a definitive timeline? >> with regard to the fatigue rule, yes sir and i will offer you the same apologies that i offered this committee. we set a timeline. i asked for a timeline that we would have a rule out by the end of 09. i was overly ambitious. i was not aware, and we ran into some technical issues. is an incredibly complex rule. this for the first time we are going to take science into consideration. we will take input from management carriers as well as the pilots themselves in various unions involved. so, it took us longer and we do plan to have it out this spring which will be eight months from when i indicated we would try. >> i am really not surprised. my own experience of writing rules is that the unanticipated is guaran

mr. guerra mundy. >> thank you. i am exceedingly new to this job, just three months.ation, but when i looked at your name i thought perhaps i had gone back to where was in the mid-90s will secretary babbitt when i was his deputy secretary. we did it lot of rulemaking at that time. and it is a process that can be exceedingly slow. have you set out a definitive timeline? >> with regard to the fatigue rule, yes sir and i will offer you the same apologies that i offered this committee. we set a timeline. i asked for a timeline that we would have a rule out by the end of 09. i was overly ambitious. i was not aware, and we ran into some technical issues. is an incredibly complex rule. this for the first time we are going to take science into consideration. we will take input from management carriers as well as the pilots themselves in various unions involved. so, it took us longer and we do plan to have it out this spring which will be eight months from when i indicated we would try. >> i am really not surprised. my own experience of writing rules is that the unanticipated