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Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN) |
During his keynote
address at ALPA’s Air
Cargo Safety & Security:
Closing the Gaps
Conference this morning,
Rep. Chip Cravaack
(R-MN) announced that he
was joined by Rep. Tim
Bishop (D-NY) in
introducing the Safe
Skies Act of 2012 in the
U.S. House of
Representatives on
Monday evening.
If passed, the
legislation would
advance ALPA’s drive for
One Level of Safety for
all airline operations
by directing the
Department of
Transportation to apply
the Federal Aviation
Administration’s flight-
and duty-time
regulations and minimum
rest requirements to
all-cargo operations in
the same way that the
science-based
regulations currently
apply to passenger
operations.
“The Air Line Pilots
Association, Int’l,
hails the introduction
of the Safe Skies Act of
2012 as serious action
to enhance the safety of
air transportation by
ensuring that all-cargo
airlines meet the same
high safety standards as
the passenger airlines
with which they share
airports and airspace,”
said Capt. Lee Moak,
ALPA’s president, in a
statement.
Capt. Moak noted that
ALPA pilots played an
important role in
underscoring the serious
need and demonstrating
strong support for the
aviation safety
legislation. Over the
coming weeks, ALPA will
work with lawmakers on
both sides of the aisle
and across Capitol Hill
to urge Congress to take
up and pass the Cravaack-Bishop
bill as swiftly as
possible. Watch for an
ALPA Call to Action
later this week. |
