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May 15, 01, 6:47 am
F.A.A. Plans to Enforce Work Rules Warning to Airlines on Pilots' Schedules
The Federal Aviation Administration today said it would tell the airlines to stop requiring pilots to fly without regard to delays that stretch their work days to more than 16 hours. The agency warned that beginning in six months it would "rigorously enforce" rules that have been on the books since 1985.
But the agency would not answer questions about what it would do about a pilot who was fired by his airline last year for refusing to fly a delayed flight that would have put him well over 16 hours of duty time.
The rules governing how many hours a pilot can work have been in chaos since late last year, when the pilots union at American Airlines asked whether it was legal for a plane to push back from the gate with a cockpit crew member who knew, because of foreseeable delays on the ground or en route, that he or she would be working more than 16 hours by the time the plane landed. The F.A.A. answered that this was against its rules.
American then sent a letter to its pilots saying that the matter
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/15/business/15PILO.html
The Federal Aviation Administration today said it would tell the airlines to stop requiring pilots to fly without regard to delays that stretch their work days to more than 16 hours. The agency warned that beginning in six months it would "rigorously enforce" rules that have been on the books since 1985.
But the agency would not answer questions about what it would do about a pilot who was fired by his airline last year for refusing to fly a delayed flight that would have put him well over 16 hours of duty time.
The rules governing how many hours a pilot can work have been in chaos since late last year, when the pilots union at American Airlines asked whether it was legal for a plane to push back from the gate with a cockpit crew member who knew, because of foreseeable delays on the ground or en route, that he or she would be working more than 16 hours by the time the plane landed. The F.A.A. answered that this was against its rules.
American then sent a letter to its pilots saying that the matter
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/15/business/15PILO.html