It increases fuel taxes on private aircraft from 22 cents per gallon to 36 cents, including business jets, to help pay for shifting the aging radar-based air traffic network to one relying on satellites.http://www.forexpros.com/news/genera...rint-126821The bill also:* Raises the minimum number of hours of flying experience an airline co-pilot must have from 250 hours to 800.* Bans pilots from using personal electronic devices in the cockpit, a response to an incident last October in which pilots of a Northwest Airlines plane flew more than 100 miles past their destination of Minneapolis while they were working on their laptops.* Doubles to twice a year the frequency of FAA inspections of foreign aircraft repair and maintenance stations that work on U.S. planes.* Contains a "passenger bill of rights" that would require airlines to provide food, water and other amenities to passengers kept waiting on tarmacs and give them the opportunity to deplane after a three-hour wait.That would give legal status to Transportation Department rules adopted in December that also limited tarmac waits to three hours and fine airlines up to $27,500 per passenger for violations.