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U.S. Airline Pilot-Rest Plan May Advance With Lawmaker Move
By John Hughes - May 20, 2011 9:28 AM MT Bloomberg
A proposed U.S. regulation that would require additional rest for airline pilots may advance after Representative Bill Shuster withdrew legislation he had added to a Federal Aviation Administration budget plan.
The amendment would have stalled the rest rule, according to safety advocates and pilot unions. Shuster’s action may speed agreement on a FAA budget plan being negotiated by House and Senate lawmakers. The Shuster plan was one of a handful of provisions that needed to be resolved.
“It is apparent that the inclusion of my amendment in the FAA bill may slow down conference negotiations and delay the adoption of this critical legislation to dramatically reform and streamline” FAA programs, Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, said in an e-mailed statement.
Shuster’s proposal was added April 1, by a 215-209 vote, to a $59.7 billion FAA budget plan. The FAA legislation is more than three years overdue, forcing the agency to operate on 18 extensions of the most recent aviation-funding law.
The FAA proposed a rule last year that would give airline pilots nine hours of rest between shifts, a 13 percent increase from current schedules. The plan also requires that pilots get at least 30 consecutive work-free hours a week, a 25 percent increase from existing rules.
Bye Bye---General Lee
By John Hughes - May 20, 2011 9:28 AM MT Bloomberg
A proposed U.S. regulation that would require additional rest for airline pilots may advance after Representative Bill Shuster withdrew legislation he had added to a Federal Aviation Administration budget plan.
The amendment would have stalled the rest rule, according to safety advocates and pilot unions. Shuster’s action may speed agreement on a FAA budget plan being negotiated by House and Senate lawmakers. The Shuster plan was one of a handful of provisions that needed to be resolved.
“It is apparent that the inclusion of my amendment in the FAA bill may slow down conference negotiations and delay the adoption of this critical legislation to dramatically reform and streamline” FAA programs, Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, said in an e-mailed statement.
Shuster’s proposal was added April 1, by a 215-209 vote, to a $59.7 billion FAA budget plan. The FAA legislation is more than three years overdue, forcing the agency to operate on 18 extensions of the most recent aviation-funding law.
The FAA proposed a rule last year that would give airline pilots nine hours of rest between shifts, a 13 percent increase from current schedules. The plan also requires that pilots get at least 30 consecutive work-free hours a week, a 25 percent increase from existing rules.
Bye Bye---General Lee
