Wed, Nov 17, 2010
Airlines Call for Significant Revisions To Existing
Proposal
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) submitted its
public comments Monday to the FAA in response to the agency's
Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest Requirements NPRM, calling for
significant revisions to the existing proposal.
"The airlines continue to strongly support regulations that
demonstrably improve safety performance. That is why ATA in its
role on the Aviation Rulemaking Committee was a strong supporter of
a science-based approach to create a new Flightcrew Duty Time
Rule," said ATA President and CEO James C. May. "We are very
concerned that significant aspects of the proposed rule are not
science-based."
According to May, beyond the core measures, which we support,
the rule, if implemented as written, "would create onerous and
duplicative regulations, which in major respects do not mitigate
fatigue or increase safety. This significant operational and
scheduling complexity will adversely affect our crews and
customers.
James May
"We are very concerned that the proposed rule reflects a lack of
understanding by FAA of how airlines operate," said May. "Our
concerns are validated by the fact that FAA's economic analysis is
off the mark by at least a factor of 15 in its impact assessment,
making it imperative that this proposal be significantly
revised."
May called on FAA to work with the airlines and other interested
parties to "fashion a rule based on scientific research and
operational factors."
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