Urges DoT to Reject Republic, SkyWest Bids to Undermine Landmark Safety Law
ALPA has filed formal opposition against two separate applications before the DOT and FAA asserting that both efforts are blatant attempts to skirt the nation’s most effective aviation safety improvements in decades—the First Officer Qualification Rules—and will leave the flying public at increased risk. Recently, Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines filed independent petitions seeking approvals that would dimmish pilot training qualification and experience requirements while putting passengers and small communities that depend on safe, scheduled air service at greater risk.