FAA Delays Issuing of Final Pilot Rest Rule

• By: Staff Editor
• Date: August 25, 2011

An FAA regulation aimed at preventing pilot fatigue, inspired by a 2009 plane crash near Buffalo, New York, and due to be issued on August 1 has been delayed. The agency did not give a reason for the delay but the proposed rule has been criticized by cargo and charter carriers as well as the Pentagon.

This article gives the background and provisions of the proposed rule and response to it from various stakeholders.