FAA reauthorization passes senate

[B190Captain]

DeMint's CVR amendment/proposed law didn't make it into the bill. Thank God.

Was this S.3048? I don't think so. WRITE YOUR GOV OFFICIALS!!!!!
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-3048

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3048


Feb 26, 2010 - Introduced in Senate. This is the original text of the bill as it was written by its sponsor and submitted to the Senate for consideration. This is the latest version of the bill currently available on GovTrack.

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S 3048 IS

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111th CONGRESS


2d Session


S. 3048​

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To improve air safety by authorizing the limited use by air carriers of information collected through cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders, to prohibit tampering with such devices, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES


February 26, 2010​

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Mr. DEMINT introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL​

To improve air safety by authorizing the limited use by air carriers of information collected through cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders, to prohibit tampering with such devices, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,



SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.


This Act may be cited as the ‘Pilot Professionalism Assurance Act’.




SEC. 2. USE OF FLIGHT INFORMATION.

(a) Authorization- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any provision in a private contract, air carriers may use information obtained from a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder--

(1) to discipline or discharge a pilot or flight engineer for actions that endanger the safety or well being of passengers;


(2) to defend itself in any discipline or discharge grievance proceeding;


(3) to evaluate or monitor the judgment or performance of an individual pilot or crew member;


(4) to justify or require a pilot’s submission to a proficiency check or line check; or


(5) for any other purpose relating to improving the safety or well being of passengers.



(b) Confidentiality- Each air carrier that has obtained information pursuant to subsection (a) shall keep such information confidential and may only disclose such information to the extent required in an administrative or judicial proceeding.


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SEC. 3. TAMPERING WITH COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER OR FLIGHT DATA RECORDER PROHIBITED.

(a) In General- No person may tamper with, disable, or destroy any cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder installed on a commercial aircraft.


(b) Penalties-

(1) IN GENERAL- Any person who violates the prohibition described in subsection (a) may be fined up to $2,000 and imprisoned for not more than 5 years.

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(2) COMMERCIAL PILOT- If a commercial pilot violates the prohibition described in subsection (a)--
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(A) the air carrier employing such pilot shall immediately terminate such employment; and

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(B) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall immediately revoke the airman certificate issued to the pilot under section 44703 of title 49, United States Code.


GO TO:

http://www.usa.gov/Contact.shtml

SELECT YOUR STATE AND









HERE IS A SAMPLE LETTER YOU CAN USE: CUT AND PASTE.

Senator ________ ,

As your constituent, and a professional pilot, I urge you to oppose S. 3048, a bill by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) to mandate the use of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) information for discipline, rather than its intended use for safety investigation. As a pilot safety is my first concern and this bill will not increase safety. It will instead be used to punish experience pilots and potentially discourage other pilots from questioning or speaking up about safety concerns in the flight deck (cockpit).

Even the NTSB agrees, in NTSB safety recommendation A-10-29, that the data be collected as part of a carrier's flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) program and that "appropriate protections" be put in place to ensure confidentiality and ensure the information is used "for safety-related and not punitive purposes."

In light of my views and the NTSB recommendations, I urge you to oppose S. 3048.

Sincerely,

 

[jhwk0309]

Here's what I've found. It's H.R. 1586 sponsored by Rangel. It does in fact have an hour requirement of 800 hrs to fly for a part 121 carrier and a number of other requirements as well. I found it on senate.gov and the dates match the press release.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bssraoW:@@@S

Section 506 deals with the pilot fatigue issue. Section 557 deals with the hour requirments listed above. There are other relevant sections worth glancing over.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1586eas.txt.pdf


There is a non pdf link that I can't get to work that is more user friendly than this link. It's there on the "main page" for the bill for those who might be interested. Hope this helps.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1586:

 

[Whine Lover]

This Country is beyond saving....I am looking to exit, stage left.

Rapidly.


YKW

 

[shootr]

Maybe El Salvador?