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Justin Chan 

5180 Southwest Greenwood Circle 

Tualatin, OR 97062-8746 

James Everts 

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JEFF MERKLEY 

OREGON 

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WASHINGTON, DC 20B10 

Novembers, 2010 

Roderick D.Hall 

Assistant Administrator 

Office of Government and Industry Aifairs 

Federal Aviation Administration AGI1 

800 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20591 

Dear Administrator Hall, 

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COMMITTEES: 

ENVIRONMENT AND 

PUBLIC WORKS 

HEALTH. EDUCATION, 

LABOR. AND PENSIONS 

BANKING, HOUSING, 

AND URBAN AFFAIRS 

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I am writing on behalf of several of my constituents from Oregon. 

I wo\ild appreciate it if you would review the enclosed information and respond directly 

to my constituents listed below: 

George Ackennan 

17977 Northwest Sauvie Island Road 

Portland, OR 9723 M 349 

John Beadle 

20040 Quinalt Drive 

Oregon City, OR 97045-8000 

Brice Bowden 

4900 Southeast Willow Street 

Portland, OR 97222-5184 

Mishka Burnett 

7570 Norfli Heppner Avenue 

Portland, OR 97203-6226 

Ryan Cassidy 

19744 Bennington Court 

West Linn. OR 97068-4829 

Gail Castle 
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Justin Chan 

5180 Southwest Greenwood Circle 

Tualatin, OR 97062-8746 

James Everts 

7380 Mill Creek Road 

The Dalles. OR 97058-9505 

Christopher Graves 

828 North Webster Street 

Portland, OR 97217-2529 

Eric Harris 

11250 Southeast Vcmazza Lane 

Happy Valley, OR 97086-8799 

Todd Henion 

3406 Northeast 61st Avenue 

Portland, OR 97213-3936 

Hans Koenigseder 

5125 Southwest Shattuck Road 

Portland, OR 97221-1800 

Chris Liston 

2311 Tompkins Street 

West Linn, OR 97068-2601 

Keith Louis 

3105 Northeast 26th Avenue 

Portland, OR 97212-2516 

David Maxwell 

2401 Northwest Norman Avenue 

Gresham, OR 97030-2553 

Mark McCullough 

1332 Southwest Dickinson Lane 

Portland, OR 97219-9617 

Daniel Robinson 

9714 Southwest London Court 

Portland, OR 97223-5365 
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Dean Roemmich 

15816 Southeast Hawk Court 

Portland, OR 97236-7883 

SamSamaha 

13209 Southwest 157th Avenue 

Portland, OR 97223-2649 

Stuart Sommers 

18685 Northeast Deer Haven Drive 

Newberg, OR 97132-6303 

Matthew Vega 

3324 Northeast 83rd Avenue 

Portland, OR 97220-5236 

Mark Whitesell 

1429 Southeast Jacquelin Drive 

Hillsboro, OR 97123-5250 

Thank you for your attention to this matter-

^Sincerely, 4 ^ 1 liJs^ 

Jeffrey A. Merkley 

United States Senator 

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Enclosure 
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The Honorable Jeff Merkley 

United States Senate 

107 Russell Senate Office Building 

Washington, DC 20510-3704 

Dear Senator Merkley: 

As a US commercial pilot reviewing the FAA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) on Flight crew member Duty and Rest Requirements I am pleased that 

the majority of the NPRM represents an improvement to current regulations 

and covers all commercial operations in the spirit of "One Level of 

Safety," However, there are some specific items that need to be changed in 

order to mitigate fatigue for the professional pilot. 

1) The flight time limit should not be increased 25% from 8 hours to 

10 hours. 2) The augmented (3 person) flight time limit should not be 

increased 25% from 12 to 15 hours. 3) Rest requirements should be 10 

hours domestic and 14 hours International. 9 hours, reducible to 8 hours 

is not enough time to achieve restorative sleep, eat, and attend to 

personal hygiene between duty periods. 4) Domestic augmentation should 

not be allowed. 

As a professional commercial aviator working at high speed in congested 

airspace, and through arduous weather conditions, I can tell you that 

fatigue mitigation is paramount to Improving the safety of the travelling 

public. The NTS6 has held fatigue on its "Most Wanted List" for thirty 

years because it is a problem that flight crews deal with on a daily 

basis. This FAA NPRM will go a long way to reducing fatigue and increasing 

safety if these items are addressed.