The agency could have imposed fines of $25,000 a day.
To avoid that and other pitfalls, the agency imposed several conditions.
At the time, the fine was the largest the agency had ever imposed for such infractions.
So far, the agency has imposed only one such fine, for $500.
If the lawmakers do not act, the agency can impose the offer it last made to the controllers.
These agencies can impose regulations with disastrous impacts on our economy.
It comes on top of $5.7 million in fines the agency has imposed since 2003.
And the cost of such a regulation, she said, would be by far the largest the agency has ever imposed.
In recent years, the agency has imposed a record-breaking amount of fines.
The flaws were not corrected until the agency imposed a $630,000 fine on the airline in September.