FAA Acknowledges 'Errors' in Promulgating Duty Rule
The FAA has asked a federal appeals court to temporarily suspend a lawsuit challenging the exclusion of cargo airlines from its new pilot duty rule.
Margaret Gilligan, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety, right, explains the agency’s case for excluding all-cargo carriers from its new pilot duty rule at an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) conference in April. At left sits Deborah Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. (Photo: Chris Weaver, ALPA)
Margaret Gilligan, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety, right, explains the agency’s case for excluding all-cargo carriers from its new pilot duty rule at an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) conference in April. At left sits Deborah Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. (Photo: Chris Weaver, ALPA)