Bill > S1692

This bill, also known as the Safe Skies Act of 2013, requires the Secretary of Transportation to update existing regulations concerning the duty and rest periods for flightcrew members, who are the pilots and other crew members operating an aircraft. Specifically, it mandates that the rules currently applied to flightcrew members on passenger flights must also be applied to those working on all-cargo operations, meaning flights carrying only freight rather than passengers. The Secretary has 30 days after the bill becomes law to make these changes, and importantly, this modification is exempt from the standard public notice and comment period typically required for new regulations, allowing for a quicker implementation.