This is from today's (Wednesday September 23rd) ATA SmartBrief:

"Pilots should spend more time flying but less time in planes. That's the safety recommendation crafted by executives of U.S. airlines, including include Continental Airlines, US Airways and cargo, low-cost and regional entities. In a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airline group urged a reduction in the number of hours that pilots work in a given day, but they also want the pilots to spend more of their shift actually flying -- up to 11 hours."

It then links to a Cleveland Plain Dealer article today:

Airlines want to shorten pilots' days to boost safety after Buffalo and Hudson crashes | Business - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com

That article then has a link to a letter sent by the industry to the FAA to offer their "comments and recommendations" on how this should go forward:

http://media.cleveland.com/business_...009%201100.pdf