Protecting & Defending the Airline Piloting Profession.

• Flight Time/Duty Time (FT/DT) FAA NPRM
• Critically Flawed Flight Duty and Rest Regulations: Update January 2012
• Lithium Batteries
• Biometric IDs
• ATP Minimum
• Bankruptcy Reform
• Cargo Screening
• FFDO Program
• Pilot Professionalism

In recent meetings of the CAPA Government Affairs Committee the following legislative issues were identified as items of interest to the four member associations of CAPA.

• Flight Crew Fatigue - Duty Day, Daily Flight Hours, Ultra Long Range Flying and International Reserve Rest are all of concern; FAR Flight and Duty Time reform.
• Airline Transport Pilot/Pilot Minimum Qualfications
• Lithium Battery Carriage Aboard/ All Cargo Aircraft
• Biometric IDs for pilots, anyone with access to the cockpit, including FAA Inspectors and anyone traveling with a firearm.
• Program Improvements to the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program (FFDO)
• Cargo Screening/All Cargo Aircraft
• Railway Labor Act Applicability and Foreign Application of all current Collective Bargaining Agreements under RLA.- under the RLA as originally authored
• Bankruptcy Reform - Legislative Amendment to align both sec. 1113c and sec. 1167 of the Bankruptcy Code applicable to both Airlines and Railroads
• Aircraft Cabin and Aircrew Operating Environment - Application of current OSHA standards to Aircrew operating environment.