I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5900 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and 
expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to extend airport improvement program 
project grant authority and to improve airline safety, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2010 
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MICA, Mr. COSTELLO, and Mr. 
PETRI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to extend airport improvement program 
project grant authority and to improve airline safety, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airline Safety and 
Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY EXTENSION 
Sec. 101. Extension of taxes funding Airport and Airway Trust Fund. 
Sec. 102. Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditure authority. 
Sec. 103. Extension of airport improvement program. 
Sec. 104. Extension of expiring authorities. 
Sec. 105. Federal Aviation Administration operations. 
Sec. 106. Air navigation facilities and equipment. 
Sec. 107. Research, engineering, and development. 
TITLE II—AIRLINE SAFETY AND PILOT TRAINING IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Secretary of Transportation responses to safety recommendations. 
Sec. 203. FAA pilot records database. 
Sec. 204. FAA Task Force on Air Carrier Safety and Pilot Training. 
Sec. 205. Aviation safety inspectors and operational research analysts. 
Sec. 206. Flight crewmember mentoring, professional development, and leader-
ship. 
Sec. 207. Flight crewmember pairing and crew resource management tech-
niques. 
Sec. 208. Implementation of NTSB flight crewmember training recommenda-
tions. 
Sec. 209. FAA rulemaking on training programs. 
Sec. 210. Disclosure of air carriers operating flights for tickets sold for air 
transportation. 
Sec. 211. Safety inspections of regional air carriers. 
Sec. 212. Pilot fatigue. 
Sec. 213. Voluntary safety programs. 
Sec. 214. ASAP and FOQA implementation plan. 
Sec. 215. Safety management systems. 
Sec. 216. Flight crewmember screening and qualifications. 
Sec. 217. Airline transport pilot certification. 
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TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY 
EXTENSION 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) FUEL TAXES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
4081(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘August 1, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) 
PERSONS.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4261(j)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ‘‘August 1, 2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 
(2) 
PROPERTY.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section 
4271(d)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘August 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2010’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on August 2, 2010. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST 
FUND EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9502(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘August 2, 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2010’’; and 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Airline Safety and Fed-
eral Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010’’ 
before the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 9502(e) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘Au-
gust 2, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on August 2, 2010. 
SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 47104(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘August 1, 2010,’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2010,’’. 
SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES. 
(a) Section 40117(l)(7) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘August 2, 2010.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2010.’’. 
(b) Section 44302(f)(1) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘August 1, 2010,’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2010,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘October 31, 2010,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’. 
(c) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘October 31, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2010,’’. 
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(d) Section 47107(s)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘August 2, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 
2010.’’. 
(e) Section 47115(j) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 2009, and for the portion 
of fiscal year 2010 ending before August 2, 2010,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 2010,’’. 
(f) Section 47141(f) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘August 1, 2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2010.’’. 
(g) Section 49108 of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘August 1, 2010,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010,’’. 
(h) Section 161 of the Vision 100—Century of Avia-
tion Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 47109 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2009, or in the portion 
of fiscal year 2010 ending before August 2, 2010,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2009 or 2010’’. 
(i) Section 186(d) of such Act (117 Stat. 2518) is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2009, and for the portion 
of fiscal year 2010 ending before August 2, 2010,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2010,’’. 
(j) The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on August 2, 2010. 
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‘‘(iii) the proposed date for completing 
the procedures; and 
‘‘(iv) if the Secretary has not met a 
deadline contained in a proposed timeline 
developed in connection with the rec-
ommendation under subsection (b), an ex-
planation for not meeting the deadline. 
‘‘(B) REFUSALS TO ADOPT RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—For each recommendation of the 
Board described in paragraph (2)(B), the re-
port shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a description of the recommenda-
tion; and 
‘‘(ii) a description of the reasons for 
the refusal to carry out all or part of the 
procedures to adopt the recommendation.’’. 
SEC. 203. FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE. 
(a) RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLI-
CANTS.—Section 44703(h) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall 
cease to be effective on the date specified in regula-
tions issued under subsection (i).’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
FAA PILOT
RECORDS 
DATABASE.—Section 44703 of such title is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) FAA PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before allowing an indi-
vidual to begin service as a pilot, an air carrier shall 
access and evaluate, in accordance with the require-
ments of this subsection, information pertaining to 
the individual from the pilot records database estab-
lished under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) PILOT RECORDS DATABASE.—The Admin-
istrator shall establish an electronic database (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘database’) containing 
the following records: 
‘‘(A) FAA RECORDS.—From the Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(i) records that are maintained by 
the Administrator concerning current air-
man certificates, including airman medical 
certificates and associated type ratings and 
information on any limitations to those 
certificates and ratings; 
‘‘(ii) records that are maintained by 
the Administrator concerning any failed at-
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tempt of an individual to pass a practical 
test required to obtain a certificate or type 
rating under part 61 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations; and 
‘‘(iii) summaries of legal enforcement 
actions resulting in a finding by the Ad-
ministrator of a violation of this title or a 
regulation prescribed or order issued under 
this title that was not subsequently over-
turned. 
‘‘(B) 
AIR
CARRIER
AND
OTHER 
RECORDS.—From any air carrier or other per-
son (except a branch of the Armed Forces, the 
National Guard, or a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces) that has employed an individual 
as a pilot of a civil or public aircraft, or from 
the trustee in bankruptcy for the air carrier or 
person— 
‘‘(i) records pertaining to the indi-
vidual that are maintained by the air car-
rier (other than records relating to flight 
time, duty time, or rest time) or person, 
including records under regulations set 
forth in— 
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‘‘(I) section 121.683 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(II) section 121.111(a) of such 
title; 
‘‘(III) section 121.219(a) of such 
title; 
‘‘(IV) section 125.401 of such 
title; and 
‘‘(V) section 135.63(a)(4) of such 
title; and 
‘‘(ii) other records pertaining to the 
individual’s performance as a pilot that are 
maintained by the air carrier or person 
concerning— 
‘‘(I) the training, qualifications, 
proficiency, 
or 
professional 
com-
petence of the individual, including 
comments and evaluations made by a 
check airman designated in accord-
ance with section 121.411, 125.295, 
or 135.337 of such title; 
‘‘(II) 
any 
disciplinary 
action 
taken with respect to the individual 
that was not subsequently overturned; 
and 
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‘‘(III) any release from employ-
ment or resignation, termination, or 
disqualification with respect to em-
ployment. 
‘‘(C) 
NATIONAL
DRIVER
REGISTER 
RECORDS.—In 
accordance 
with 
section 
30305(b)(8) of this title, from the chief driver 
licensing official of a State, information con-
cerning the motor vehicle driving record of the 
individual. 
‘‘(3) WRITTEN CONSENT; RELEASE FROM LI-
ABILITY.—An air carrier— 
‘‘(A) shall obtain the written consent of an 
individual before accessing records pertaining to 
the individual under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) may, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law or agreement to the contrary, re-
quire an individual with respect to whom the 
carrier is accessing records under paragraph (1) 
to execute a release from liability for any claim 
arising from accessing the records or the use of 
such records by the air carrier in accordance 
with this section (other than a claim arising 
from furnishing information known to be false 
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and maintained in violation of a criminal stat-
ute). 
‘‘(4) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) REPORTING
BY
ADMINISTRATOR.— 
The Administrator shall enter data described in 
paragraph (2)(A) into the database promptly to 
ensure that an individual’s records are current. 
‘‘(B) REPORTING BY AIR CARRIERS AND 
OTHER PERSONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Air carriers and 
other persons shall report data described 
in paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C) to the 
Administrator promptly for entry into the 
database. 
‘‘(ii) DATA
TO
BE
REPORTED.—Air 
carriers and other persons shall report, at 
a minimum, under clause (i) the following 
data described in paragraph (2)(B): 
‘‘(I) Records that are generated 
by the air carrier or other person 
after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(II) Records that the air carrier 
or other person is maintaining, on 
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such date of enactment, pursuant to 
subsection (h)(4). 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN RECORDS.— 
The Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall maintain all records entered into 
the database under paragraph (2) pertaining to 
an individual until the date of receipt of notifi-
cation that the individual is deceased; and 
‘‘(B) may remove the individual’s records 
from the database after that date. 
‘‘(6) RECEIPT
OF
CONSENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall not permit an air carrier to access 
records pertaining to an individual from the data-
base under paragraph (1) without the air carrier 
first demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Admin-
istrator that the air carrier has obtained the written 
consent of the individual. 
‘‘(7) RIGHT
OF
PILOT
TO
REVIEW
CERTAIN 
RECORDS
AND
CORRECT
INACCURACIES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or agreement, 
the Administrator, upon receipt of written request 
from an individual— 
‘‘(A) shall make available, not later than 
30 days after the date of the request, to the in-
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dividual for review all records referred to in 
paragraph (2) pertaining to the individual; and 
‘‘(B) shall provide the individual with a 
reasonable opportunity to submit written com-
ments to correct any inaccuracies contained in 
the records. 
‘‘(8) REASONABLE CHARGES FOR PROCESSING 
REQUESTS AND FURNISHING COPIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may establish a reasonable charge for the cost 
of processing a request under paragraph (1) or 
(7) and for the cost of furnishing copies of re-
quested records under paragraph (7). 
‘‘(B) 
CREDITING
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Funds received by the Administrator pursuant 
to this paragraph shall— 
‘‘(i) be credited to the appropriation 
current when the amount is received; 
‘‘(ii) be merged with and available for 
the purposes of such appropriation; and 
‘‘(iii) remain available until expended. 
‘‘(9) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) USE
OF
RECORDS.—An air carrier 
that accesses records pertaining to an individual 
under paragraph (1) may use the records only 
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to assess the qualifications of the individual in 
deciding whether or not to hire the individual as 
a pilot. The air carrier shall take such actions 
as may be necessary to protect the privacy of 
the individual and the confidentiality of the 
records accessed, including ensuring that infor-
mation contained in the records is not divulged 
to any individual that is not directly involved in 
the hiring decision. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided by clause (ii), information collected 
by the Administrator under paragraph (2) 
shall be exempt from the disclosure re-
quirements of section 552 of title 5. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall 
not apply to— 
‘‘(I) deidentified, summarized in-
formation to explain the need for 
changes in policies and regulations; 
‘‘(II) information to correct a 
condition that compromises safety; 
‘‘(III) information to carry out a 
criminal investigation or prosecution; 
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‘‘(IV) information to comply with 
section 44905, regarding information 
about threats to civil aviation; and 
‘‘(V) such information as the Ad-
ministrator determines necessary, if 
withholding the information would not 
be consistent with the safety respon-
sibilities of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(10) PERIODIC REVIEW.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, and at least once every 3 years thereafter, 
the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a 
statement that contains, taking into account recent 
developments in the aviation industry— 
‘‘(A) recommendations by the Adminis-
trator concerning proposed changes to Federal 
Aviation Administration records, air carrier 
records, and other records required to be in-
cluded in the database under paragraph (2); or 
‘‘(B) reasons why the Administrator does 
not recommend any proposed changes to the 
records referred to in subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(11) REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION AND SE-
CURITY OF RECORDS.—The Administrator shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary— 
‘‘(A) to protect and secure— 
‘‘(i) the personal privacy of any indi-
vidual whose records are accessed under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) the confidentiality of those 
records; and 
‘‘(B) to preclude the further dissemination 
of records received under paragraph (1) by the 
person who accessed the records. 
‘‘(12) 
GOOD
FAITH
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier may allow an 
individual to begin service as a pilot, without first 
obtaining information described in paragraph (2)(B) 
from the database pertaining to the individual, if— 
‘‘(A) the air carrier has made a docu-
mented good faith attempt to access the infor-
mation from the database; and 
‘‘(B) the air carrier has received written 
notice from the Administrator that the informa-
tion is not contained in the database because 
the individual was employed by an air carrier or 
other person that no longer exists or by a for-
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eign government or other entity that has not 
provided the information to the database. 
‘‘(13) LIMITATIONS ON ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO 
RECORDS.— 
‘‘(A) 
ACCESS
BY
INDIVIDUALS
DES-
IGNATED BY AIR CARRIERS.—For the purpose 
of increasing timely and efficient access to 
records described in paragraph (2), the Admin-
istrator may allow, under terms established by 
the Administrator, an individual designated by 
an air carrier to have electronic access to the 
database. 
‘‘(B) TERMS.—The terms established by 
the Administrator under subparagraph (A) for 
allowing a designated individual to have elec-
tronic access to the database shall limit such 
access to instances in which information in the 
database is required by the designated indi-
vidual in making a hiring decision concerning a 
pilot applicant and shall require that the des-
ignated individual provide assurances satisfac-
tory to the Administrator that— 
‘‘(i) the designated individual has re-
ceived the written consent of the pilot ap-
plicant to access the information; and 
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‘‘(ii) information obtained using such 
access will not be used for any purpose 
other than making the hiring decision. 
‘‘(14) 
AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES.—Of 
amounts appropriated under section 106(k)(1), a 
total of $6,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 through 
2013 may be used to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(15) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall issue regulations to carry out this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The regulations 
shall specify the date on which the requirements 
of this subsection take effect and the date on 
which the requirements of subsection (h) cease 
to be effective. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) the Administrator shall begin to 
establish the database under paragraph (2) 
not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator shall maintain 
records in accordance with paragraph (5) 
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beginning on the date of enactment of this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(iii) air carriers and other persons 
shall maintain records to be reported to 
the database under paragraph (4)(B) in 
the period beginning on such date of enact-
ment and ending on the date that is 5 
years after the requirements of subsection 
(h) cease to be effective pursuant to sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(16) SPECIAL RULE.—During the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the require-
ments of this section become effective pursuant to 
paragraph (15)(B), paragraph (7)(A) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘45 days’ for ‘30 days’.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY; PREEMPTION OF 
STATE LAW.—Section 44703(j) (as redesignated by 
subsection (b)(1) of this section) is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘LIMITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h)(2) or (i)(3)’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (A) by inserting 
‘‘or accessing the records of that individual 
under subsection (i)(1)’’ before the semi-
colon; and 
(iii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (D) by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (h) or (i)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h) or 
(i)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or who 
furnished information to the database estab-
lished under subsection (i)(2)’’ after ‘‘sub-
section (h)(1)’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION
ON
ACTIONS
AND
PRO-
CEEDINGS AGAINST AIR CARRIERS.— 
‘‘(A) HIRING DECISIONS.—An air carrier 
may refuse to hire an individual as a pilot if the 
individual did not provide written consent for 
the air carrier to receive records under sub-
section (h)(2)(A) or (i)(3)(A) or did not execute 
the release from liability requested under sub-
section (h)(2)(B) or (i)(3)(B). 
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‘‘(B) ACTIONS
AND
PROCEEDINGS.—No 
action or proceeding may be brought against an 
air carrier by or on behalf of an individual who 
has applied for or is seeking a position as a 
pilot with the air carrier if the air carrier re-
fused to hire the individual after the individual 
did not provide written consent for the air car-
rier 
to 
receive 
records 
under 
subsection 
(h)(2)(A) or (i)(3)(A) or did not execute a re-
lease from liability requested under subsection 
(h)(2)(B) or (i)(3)(B).’’. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Section 44703(k) (as redesignated by sub-
section (b)(1) of this section) is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h) or 
(i)’’. 
SEC. 204. FAA TASK FORCE ON AIR CARRIER SAFETY AND 
PILOT TRAINING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a special 
task force to be known as the FAA Task Force on Air 
Carrier Safety and Pilot Training (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 
members appointed by the Administrator and shall include 
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air carrier representatives, labor union representatives, 
and aviation safety experts with knowledge of foreign and 
domestic regulatory requirements for flight crewmember 
education and training. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-
clude, at a minimum, evaluating best practices in the air 
carrier industry and providing recommendations in the fol-
lowing areas: 
(1) Air carrier management responsibilities for 
flight crewmember education and support. 
(2) Flight crewmember professional standards. 
(3) Flight crewmember training standards and 
performance. 
(4) Mentoring and information sharing between 
air carriers. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and before the last day of each 
one-year period thereafter until termination of the Task 
Force, the Task Force shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report detailing— 
(1) the progress of the Task Force in identi-
fying best practices in the air carrier industry; 
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(2) the progress of air carriers and labor unions 
in implementing the best practices identified by the 
Task Force; 
(3) recommendations of the Task Force, if any, 
for legislative or regulatory actions; 
(4) the progress of air carriers and labor unions 
in implementing training-related, nonregulatory ac-
tions recommended by the Administrator; and 
(5) the progress of air carriers in developing 
specific programs to share safety data and ensure 
implementation of the most effective safety prac-
tices. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall terminate 
on September 30, 2012. 
(f) APPLICABILITY
OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task Force. 
SEC. 205. AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS AND OPER-
ATIONAL RESEARCH ANALYSTS. 
(a) REVIEW BY DOT INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not 
later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Trans-
portation shall conduct a review of the aviation safety in-
spectors and operational research analysts of the Federal 
Aviation Administration assigned to part 121 air carriers 
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(8) to evaluate whether inspectors are able to 
effectively use data sources, such as the Safety Per-
formance Analysis System and the Air Transpor-
tation Oversight System, to assist in targeting over-
sight of each part 121 air carrier; 
(9) to assess the feasibility of establishment by 
the Administration of a comprehensive repository of 
information that encompasses multiple Administra-
tion data sources and allows access by aviation safe-
ty inspectors and operational research analysts to 
assist in the oversight of each part 121 air carrier; 
and 
(10) to conduct such other analyses as the In-
spector General considers relevant to the review. 
SEC. 206. FLIGHT CREWMEMBER MENTORING, PROFES-
SIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LEADERSHIP. 
(a) AVIATION RULEMAKING COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall convene an 
aviation rulemaking committee to develop procedures 
for each part 121 air carrier to take the following 
actions: 
(A) Establish flight crewmember men-
toring programs under which the air carrier will 
pair highly experienced flight crewmembers who 
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will serve as mentor pilots and be paired with 
newly employed flight crewmembers. Mentor pi-
lots should be provided, at a minimum, specific 
instruction on techniques for instilling and rein-
forcing the highest standards of technical per-
formance, airmanship, and professionalism in 
newly employed flight crewmembers. 
(B) Establish flight crewmember profes-
sional development committees made up of air 
carrier management and labor union or profes-
sional association representatives to develop, ad-
minister, and oversee formal mentoring pro-
grams of the carrier to assist flight crew-
members to reach their maximum potential as 
safe, seasoned, and proficient flight crew-
members. 
(C) Establish or modify training programs 
to accommodate substantially different levels 
and types of flight experience by newly em-
ployed flight crewmembers. 
(D) Establish or modify training programs 
for second-in-command flight crewmembers at-
tempting to qualify as pilot-in-command flight 
crewmembers for the first time in a specific air-
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craft type and ensure that such programs in-
clude leadership and command training. 
(E) Ensure that recurrent training for pi-
lots in command includes leadership and com-
mand training. 
(F) Such other actions as the aviation 
rulemaking committee determines appropriate 
to enhance flight crewmember professional de-
velopment. 
(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
STERILE
COCKPIT 
RULE.—Leadership and command training described 
in paragraphs (1)(D) and (1)(E) shall include in-
struction on compliance with flight crewmember du-
ties under part 121.542 of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) STREAMLINED PROGRAM REVIEW.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—As part of the rule-
making required by subsection (b), the Admin-
istrator shall establish a streamlined review 
process for part 121 air carriers that have in 
effect, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
the programs described in paragraph (1). 
(B) EXPEDITED APPROVALS.—Under the 
streamlined review process, the Administrator 
shall— 
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(i) review the programs of such part 
121 air carriers to determine whether the 
programs meet the requirements set forth 
in the final rule referred to in subsection 
(b)(2); and 
(ii) expedite the approval of the pro-
grams that the Administrator determines 
meet such requirements. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—The Administrator shall issue— 
(1) not later than one year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a notice of proposed rulemaking 
based on the recommendations of the aviation rule-
making committee convened under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) not later than 36 months after such date of 
enactment, a final rule based on such recommenda-
tions. 
SEC. 207. FLIGHT CREWMEMBER PAIRING AND CREW RE-
SOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall conduct a study on aviation in-
dustry best practices with regard to flight crewmember 
pairing, crew resource management techniques, and pilot 
commuting. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report on the results of the study. 
SEC. 208. IMPLEMENTATION OF NTSB FLIGHT CREW-
MEMBER TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) STALL AND UPSET RECOGNITION AND RE-
COVERY TRAINING.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall conduct a rule-
making proceeding to require part 121 air carriers 
to provide flight crewmembers with ground training 
and flight training or flight simulator training— 
(A) to recognize and avoid a stall of an 
aircraft or, if not avoided, to recover from the 
stall; and 
(B) to recognize and avoid an upset of an 
aircraft or, if not avoided, to execute such tech-
niques as available data indicate are appro-
priate to recover from the upset in a given 
make, model, and series of aircraft. 
(2) REMEDIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to 
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