Originally Posted by
KingAirPIC
Is this all that was mentioned on the topic of fatigue? Once again doing nothing?
Section 306 -
Directs the FAA Administrator to: (1) conclude arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a study of pilot fatigue; and (2) study flight attendant fatigue, acting through the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI). Authorizes appropriations.
This is the congressional bill.
The FAA has a draft rule which should be released soon which is supposed to have significant changes to duty/rest.
It's confusing but the are two separate processes occurring in parrallel, a bill in congress and an FAA regulatory rulemaking. The FAA kind of does their own thing, but congress can always override their rules with a law (which is what the 800 hour law would do).
I suspect that if the FAA blows off duty/rest, congress will legislate something instead. The FAA (and the airlines, and maybe evn us pilots) would rather the FAA do it than congress...too many details to screw up.