as part of a special investigation or study to examine safe-
ty factors contributing to these events. 
(b) ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION.—In 
addition to any investigation that the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board is conducting with respect to any spe-
cific covered event, the NTSB shall utilize voluntarily pro-
vided safety information in its evaluation of associated risk 
in the National Airspace System and protect such infor-
mation from public release in accordance with section 
1114(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) CONTENT.—The review and analysis shall exam-
ine factors present at the time of any covered event at 
such airport, including— 
(1) challenges pilots perceive when flying into 
and out of the airport; 
(2) challenges that air traffic controllers face 
when working at the airport; 
(3) characteristics of the communications 
among and between groups of personnel whose work 
relates to the movement of aircraft into and out of 
the airport including pilots, air traffic controllers, 
maintenance workers, dispatchers, and airline air-
port operations personnel; and 
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(4) physical characteristics of the airport and 
its facilities, such as the configuration of runways, 
runway lighting, and construction activity. 
SEC. 5. TASK FORCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN AVIATION 
SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall con-
vene an FAA Task Force on Human Factors in Aviation 
Safety. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 
members appointed by the Administrator and having ex-
pertise in an operational or academic discipline that is rel-
evant to the analysis of human errors in aviation. The 
number of members shall be determined by the Adminis-
trator to ensure sufficient representation of relevant oper-
ational and academic disciplines. 
(c) DURATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Task Force 
shall be appointed for the length of the existence of 
the Task Force. 
(2) LENGTH OF EXISTENCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 
have an initial length of existence of 2 years. 
(B) OPTION.—The Administrator may ex-
ercise an option to lengthen the duration of the 
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existence of the Task Force for a period of 2 
years. 
(d) DISCIPLINES.—For purposes of subsection (b), 
disciplines may include air carrier operations, line pilot ex-
pertise, air traffic control, technical operations, aero-
nautical information, aircraft maintenance and mechanics 
psychology, linguistics, human-machine integration, gen-
eral aviation operations, and organizational behavior and 
culture. 
(e) EXPERTISE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No less than half of the 
members shall have expertise in aviation. 
(2) ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE.—The Task Force 
shall include members with expertise on human fac-
tors but whose experience and training are not in 
aviation specifically and who have not previously 
been engaged in work related to the FAA or the 
aviation industry. The Task Force shall also include 
pilot labor organizations and at least one member 
from an air traffic controller labor organization. 
(f) FAA MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 4 members 
may be employees of the FAA and NTSB, excluding 
representatives of the labor representatives of em-
ployees of the air traffic control system. Not more 
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than 2 members may be employees of the NTSB. 
The FAA and the NTSB members shall be non-vot-
ing. 
(2) FAA EMPLOYEES.—Any member who is an 
FAA employee shall have expertise in safety. 
(g) DUTIES.—In coordination with the Research, En-
gineering, and Development Advisory Committee estab-
lished under section 44508 of title 49, United States Code, 
the Task Force shall— 
(1) not later than the date on which the Task 
Force is no longer in existence, produce a written re-
port that— 
(A) to the greatest extent possible, identi-
fies the most significant human factors and 
their relative contribution to aviation safety 
risk; 
(B) identifies new research priorities for 
research in human factors in aviation safety; 
(C) reviews existing products by other 
working groups related to human factors in 
aviation safety including the Commercial Avia-
tion Safety Team (CAST)’s work pertaining to 
flight crew responses to abnormal events; 
(D) provides recommendations on potential 
revisions to any FAA regulations and guidance 
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pertaining to the certification of aircraft under 
part 25 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, including sections related to presumed 
pilot response times and assumptions about the 
reliability of pilot performance during unex-
pected, stressful events; 
(E) reviews rules, regulations, or standards 
regarding flight crew rest and fatigue that are 
used by a sample of international air carriers, 
including those deemed to be more stringent 
and less stringent than the current standards 
pertaining to United States air carriers, and 
identify risks to the National Airspace System 
from any such variation in standards across 
countries; 
(F) reviews pilot training requirements and 
recommend any revisions necessary to ensure 
adequate understanding of automated systems 
on aircraft; and 
(G) reviews approach and landing mis-
alignment and make any recommendations for 
improving these events; 
(2) produce a written report to Congress not 
less than once every 2 years that— 
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