A Vote On Amendment #7 Is Expected Early Next Week
A proposed amendment on pilot fatigue offered by Senator James
Inhofe (R-OK) to the FAA Reauthorization Bill would exempt
supplemental carriers, operating under 121 subpart S, from proposed
changes to flight, duty and rest regulations. The FAA's recent NPRM
recognizes that pilots are subject to the same biological
principals regardless of the type of operations they fly. This
amendment would require the FAA to develop a separate set rules for
nonscheduled and cargo carriers.
CAPA says that Senator Inhofe's proposed legislation would have a
negative impact on aviation safety by creating a second tier of
flight and duty regulations running counter to the FAA's core
principle of "One Level of Safety." The Coalition of Airline
Pilots Associations (CAPA), representing over 28,000 commercial
passenger and all-cargo pilots has long advocated "One Level of
Safety" for all commercial flight operations and does not support
any form of carve-out to proposed fatigue regulations.
The organizations position is that the amendment is being pushed by
the operators of non-scheduled air carriers and puts economic
considerations before safety. This is a particularly critical point
for our troops who utilize these carriers for their flights to and
from duty stations overseas. Currently supplemental carriers fly
95% of military passengers. Our military personnel deserve the same
level of safety as civilian passengers.
Senator Inhofe
According to CAPA, pilot fatigue is an ever-present threat to
the safety of traveling public, and has been identified on the
NTSB's "Most Wanted" list of regulatory changes for two decades.
The FAA was charged by Congress to develop a set of comprehensive
new rules utilizing the best available science, which would reduce
the risks associated with fatigue, along with the hazards it
presents to the safe conduct of commercial airline flight
operations. We applaud the FAA for doing that.
CAPA says that Senators should ensure that regulators put safety
before the economic interests of the airline industry. There must
be a standard in place that provides one level of safety for the
flying public and our military personnel alike.
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