November 21, 2011 - Nearly 2 years ago, on August 10, 2010, the President signed the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 2010 which required that the Federal Aviation Administration update flight and duty time rules that dated by the 1960’s. The FAA completed its work and eventually, the new rules came before the Office of Management and Budget for review. The Office of Management and Budget is anticipated to release the new flight and duty rules addressing airline pilot fatigue as early as tomorrow. As part of the final review process, strong consideration has been given to a “cargo cut out” which would exempt cargo carriers from compliance with the same Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) rules as non-cargo carriers.