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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2772

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop

a system for collecting and disseminating information concerning the

quality of aircraft pilot performances in training activities, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 13, 1995

Mr. HEINEMAN (for himself, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. JONES, Mr. FRAZER, Mr. COBLE, and Mr.

COOLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop a system for collecting and disseminating information concerning the quality of aircraft pilot

performances in training activities, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aircraft Pilot Safety

5 Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AIRCRAFT PILOT REPORTING SYSTEM.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in

4 consultation with covered air carriers, pilots, and other in5 terested persons, shall develop an aircraft pilot reporting

6 system in accordance with the requirements of this sec7 tion.

8 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—As part of the aircraft pilot re9 porting system, the Administrator shall—

10 (1) require all covered air carriers and inde11 pendent facilities that train pilots for such air car12 riers—

13 (A) to maintain standardized information

14 on the quality of pilot performances in training

15 activities;

16 (B) to use such information to ensure the

17 quality of pilot performances and the quality of

18 the training program; and

19 (C) to provide such information to the Ad20 ministrator;

21 (2) establish a storage and retrieval system for

22 information that is provided to the Administrator

23 pursuant to paragraph (1)(C); and

24 (3) require all covered air carriers to obtain in25 formation from the storage and retrieval system for
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1 the purpose of evaluating applicants for pilot posi2 tions during the pilot selection and hiring process.

3 (c) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—In establishing the air4 craft pilot reporting system, the Administrator shall en5 sure that the system includes measures to protect the pri6 vacy concerns of individual aircraft pilots, including—

7 (1) procedures for obtaining the permission of

8 a pilot before releasing information about the pilot;

9 and

10 (2) procedures to provide a pilot with sufficient

11 access to information about the pilot to ensure the

12 accuracy of the information.

13 SEC. 3. RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall

16 transmit to Congress a report containing a description of

17 the aircraft pilot reporting system, together with—

18 (1) an estimate of the costs associated with im19 plementation of the system;

20 (2) recommendations concerning administration

21 of the system by a private entity; and

22 (3) recommendations for any additional legisla23 tive or administrative actions.

24 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS ON AIR CARRIER LIABIL25 ITY.—As part of the report to be transmitted under sub-
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1 section (a), the Administrator shall include recommenda2 tions for legislative actions and other measures to limit

3 the liability of covered air carriers and other persons par4 ticipating in the aircraft pilot reporting system with re5 spect to the participation of such persons in the system.

6 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator may

7 begin to implement the aircraft pilot reporting system only

8 if the system is approved by a law enacted after the date

9 of the enactment of this Act.

10 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

11 In this Act, the following definitions apply:

12 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis13 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal

14 Aviation Administration.

15 (2) AIRCRAFT PILOT REPORTING SYSTEM.—The

16 term ‘‘aircraft pilot reporting system’’ means the re17 porting system to be developed under section 2.

18 (3) COVERED AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘cov19 ered air carrier’’ means an air carrier operating

20 under parts 121 and 135 of title 14, Code of Fed21 eral Regulations, as in effect on the date of the en22 actment of this Act.

23 (4) TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘training

24 activities’’ means activities that the Administrator

25 determines assess the skills, abilities, knowledge, and
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1 judgment of a pilot during training, check flights,

2 initial operating experience, and line checks.

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