IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3371 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 15, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve airline 
safety and pilot training, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 
2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. FAA Task Force on Air Carrier Safety and Pilot Training. 
Sec. 4. Implementation of NTSB flight crewmember training recommendations. 
Sec. 5. Secretary of Transportation responses to safety recommendations. 
Sec. 6. FAA pilot records database. 
Sec. 7. FAA rulemaking on training programs. 
Sec. 8. Aviation safety inspectors and operational research analysts. 
Sec. 9. Flight crewmember mentoring, professional development, and leader-
ship. 
Sec. 10. Flight crewmember screening and qualifications. 
Sec. 11. Airline transport pilot certification. 
Sec. 12. Flight schools, flight education, and pilot academic training. 
Sec. 13. Voluntary safety programs. 
Sec. 14. ASAP and FOQA implementation plan. 
Sec. 15. Safety management systems. 
Sec. 16. Disclosure of air carriers operating flights for tickets sold for air 
transportation. 
Sec. 17. Pilot fatigue. 
Sec. 18. Flight crewmember pairing and crew resource management techniques. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) ADVANCED QUALIFICATION PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘advanced qualification program’’ means the 
program established by the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration in Advisory Circular 120–54A, dated June 
23, 2006, including any subsequent revisions there-
to. 
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(2) AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘air carrier’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 40102 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(3) AVIATION SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘aviation safety action program’’ means the 
program established by the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration in Advisory Circular 120–66B, dated No-
vember 15, 2002, including any subsequent revisions 
thereto. 
(4) FLIGHT CREWMEMBER.—The term ‘‘flight 
crewmember’’ has the meaning given that term in 
part 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(5) FLIGHT OPERATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘flight operational quality as-
surance program’’ means the program established by 
the Federal Aviation Administration in Advisory Cir-
cular 120–82, dated April 12, 2004, including any 
subsequent revisions thereto. 
(6) LINE
OPERATIONS
SAFETY
AUDIT.—The 
term ‘‘line operations safety audit’’ means the proce-
dure referenced by the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion in Advisory Circular 120–90, dated April 27, 
2006, including any subsequent revisions thereto. 
(7) PART 121 AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘part 
121 air carrier’’ means an air carrier that holds a 
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certificate issued under part 121 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(8) PART 135 AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘part 
135 air carrier’’ means an air carrier that holds a 
certificate issued under part 135 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 3. 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 re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 
members appointed by the Administrator and shall include 
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. 
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(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 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and before the last day of each 
180-day 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; 
(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 
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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. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF NTSB FLIGHT CREWMEMBER 
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. 
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(2) REMEDIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to 
require part 121 air carriers to establish remedial 
training programs for flight crewmembers who have 
demonstrated performance deficiencies or experi-
enced failures in the training environment. 
(3) DEADLINES.—The Administrator shall— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, issue a notice of pro-
posed rulemaking under each of paragraphs (1) 
and (2); and 
(B) not later than 24 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, issue a final rule 
for the rulemaking in each of paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(b) STICK PUSHER TRAINING AND WEATHER EVENT 
TRAINING.— 
(1) MULTIDISCIPLINARY
PANEL.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall convene a multidisci-
plinary panel of specialists in aircraft operations, 
flight crewmember training, human factors, and 
aviation safety to study and submit to the Adminis-
trator a report on methods to increase the famili-
arity of flight crewmembers with, and improve the 
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response of flight crewmembers to, stick pusher sys-
tems, 
icing 
conditions, 
and 
microburst 
and 
windshear weather events. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS
AND
NTSB.—Not 
later than one year after the date on which the Ad-
ministrator convenes the panel, the Administrator 
shall— 
(A) submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 
the National Transportation Safety Board a re-
port based on the findings of the panel; and 
(B) with respect to stick pusher systems, 
initiate appropriate actions to implement the 
recommendations of the panel. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) FLIGHT
TRAINING
AND
FLIGHT
SIMU-
LATOR.—The terms ‘‘flight training’’ and ‘‘flight 
simulator’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
part 61.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or any successor regulation). 
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(2) STALL.—The term ‘‘stall’’ means an aero-
dynamic loss of lift caused by exceeding the critical 
angle of attack. 
(3) STICK PUSHER.—The term ‘‘stick pusher’’ 
means a device that, at or near a stall, applies a 
nose down pitch force to an aircraft’s control col-
umns to attempt to decrease the aircraft’s angle of 
attack. 
(4) UPSET.—The term ‘‘upset’’ means an un-
usual aircraft attitude. 
SEC. 5. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION RESPONSES TO 
SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 
1135(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘to the National Transportation Safety Board’’ 
after ‘‘shall give’’. 
(b) AIR CARRIER SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
Section 1135 of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT
ON AIR CARRIER SAFETY 
RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 
to Congress and the Board, on an annual basis, a 
report on the recommendations made by the Board 
to the Secretary regarding air carrier operations 
conducted under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS
TO
BE
COVERED.— 
The report shall cover— 
‘‘(A) any recommendation for which the 
Secretary has developed, or intends to develop, 
procedures to adopt the recommendation or 
part of the recommendation, but has yet to 
complete the procedures; and 
‘‘(B) any recommendation for which the 
Secretary, in the preceding year, has issued a 
response under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) re-
fusing to carry out all or part of the procedures 
to adopt the recommendation. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) PLANS
TO
ADOPT
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—For each recommendation of the 
Board described in paragraph (2)(A), the report 
shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a description of the recommenda-
tion; 
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‘‘(ii) a description of the procedures 
planned for adopting the recommendation 
or part of the recommendation; 
‘‘(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. 6. 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: 
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‘‘(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— 
(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 
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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-
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 such air carrier or 
person— 
‘‘(i) records pertaining to the indi-
vidual that are maintained by the air car-
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‘‘(II) 
any 
disciplinary 
action 
taken with respect to the individual 
that was not subsequently overturned; 
and 
‘‘(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 
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such records by the air carrier in accordance 
with this section (other than a claim arising 
from furnishing information known to be false 
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. 
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‘‘(II) Records that the air carrier 
or other person is maintaining, on 
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— 
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‘‘(A) shall make available, not later than 
30 days after the date of the request, to the in-
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.—The Adminis-
trator 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 requested 
records under paragraph (7). 
‘‘(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 
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 
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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) de-identified, 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; 
‘‘(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-
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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). 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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) has received written notice from the 
Administrator that the information is not con-
tained in the database because the individual 
was employed by an air carrier or other person 
that no longer exists or by a foreign govern-
ment 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 
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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 
‘‘(ii) information obtained using such 
access will not be used for any purpose 
other than making the hiring decision. 
‘‘(14) AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES.—Out of 
amounts appropriated under section 106(k)(1), there 
is authorized to be expended to carry out this sub-
section such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012. 
‘‘(15) REGULATIONS.— 
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‘‘(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) 
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 
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(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)’’; 
(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)’’; 
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(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). 
‘‘(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-
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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. 7. FAA RULEMAKING ON TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
(a) COMPLETION
OF RULEMAKING
ON TRAINING 
PROGRAMS.—Not later than 14 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall issue a final rule with re-
spect to the notice of proposed rulemaking published in 
the Federal Register on January 12, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 
1280; relating to training programs for flight crew-
members and aircraft dispatchers). 
(b) EXPERT PANEL TO REVIEW PART 121 AND PART 
135 TRAINING HOURS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall convene a multidisciplinary expert panel 
comprised of, at a minimum, air carrier representa-
tives, training facility representatives, instructional 
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