Flight and rest requirements for U.S. commercial passenger airline pilots — issued by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January, after a development process that lasted several years — are facing a court challenge by cargo pilots who want to be included among those covered by the new rule.
Those pilots should not be denied the protections of the new requirements, which call for, among other things, longer rest periods before reporting for work (see “Specifics”), the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), which represents more than 2,600 UPS pilots, said in papers filed with a federal appeals court.
Specifics
Many requirements of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s final rule on pilot fatigue vary, depending on such factors as when a pilot’s workday begins and the number of flight segments he or she i…
