(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the study, the 
Administrator shall take into consideration— 
(1) the number of supervisory positions of oper-
ation requiring watch coverage in each air traffic 
control facility; 
(2) coverage requirements in relation to traffic 
demand; 
(3) facility type; 
(4) complexity of traffic and managerial respon-
sibilities; 
(5) proficiency and training requirements; and 
(6) such other factors as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) DETERMINATIONS.—The Administrator shall 
transmit any determinations made as a result of the study 
to the Chief Operating Officer for the air traffic control 
system. 
(d) 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 and a description of any 
determinations submitted to the Chief Operating Officer 
under subsection (c). 
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SEC. 217. FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF MONITORING SYSTEM.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall develop and implement a monitoring system for flight 
service specialist staffing and training under service con-
tracts for flight service stations. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—At a minimum, the monitoring 
system shall include mechanisms to monitor— 
(1) flight specialist staffing plans for individual 
facilities; 
(2) actual staffing levels for individual facilities; 
(3) the initial and recurrent certification and 
training of flight service specialists on the safety, 
operational, and technological aspects of flight serv-
ices, including any certification and training nec-
essary to meet user demand; 
(4) system outages, excessive hold times, 
dropped calls, poor quality briefings, and any other 
safety or customer service issues under a contract 
for flight service station services. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report containing— 
(1) a description of monitoring system; 
(2) if the Administrator determines that con-
tractual changes or corrective actions are required 
for the Administration to ensure that the vendor 
under a contract for flight service station services 
provides safe and high quality service to consumers, 
a description of the changes or actions required; and 
(3) a description of the contingency plans of the 
Administrator and the protections that the Adminis-
trator will have in place to provide uninterrupted 
flight service station services in the event of— 
(A) material non-performance of the con-
tract; 
(B) a vendor’s default, bankruptcy, or ac-
quisition by another entity; or 
(C) any other event that could jeopardize 
the uninterrupted provision of flight service sta-
tion services. 
TITLE III—SAFETY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 301. AGE STANDARDS FOR PILOTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 44729. Age standards for pilots 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitation in sub-
section (c), a pilot may serve in multicrew covered oper-
ations until attaining 65 years of age. 
‘‘(b) COVERED OPERATIONS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘covered operations’ means operations under 
part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICABILITY
OF
ICAO
STANDARD.—A 
pilot who has attained 60 years of age may serve as 
pilot-in-command in covered operations between the 
United States and another country only if there is 
another pilot in the flight deck crew who has not yet 
attained 60 years of age. 
‘‘(2) SUNSET OF LIMITATION.—Paragraph (1) 
shall cease to be effective on such date as the Con-
vention on International Civil Aviation provides that 
a pilot who has attained 60 years of age may serve 
as pilot-in-command in international commercial op-
erations without regard to whether there is another 
pilot in the flight deck crew who has not attained 
age 60. 
‘‘(d) SUNSET OF AGE-60 RETIREMENT RULE.—On 
and after the date of enactment of this section, section 
121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 
cease to be effective. 
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‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) NONRETROACTIVITY.—No person who has 
attained 60 years of age before the date of enact-
ment of this section may serve as a pilot for an air 
carrier engaged in covered operations unless— 
‘‘(A) such person is in the employment of 
that air carrier in such operations on such date 
of enactment as a required flight deck crew 
member; or 
‘‘(B) such person is newly hired by an air 
carrier as a pilot on or after such date of enact-
ment without credit for prior seniority or prior 
longevity for benefits or other terms related to 
length of service prior to the date of rehire 
under any labor agreement or employment poli-
cies of the air carrier. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION FOR COMPLIANCE.—An ac-
tion taken in conformance with this section, taken in 
conformance with a regulation issued to carry out 
this section, or taken prior to the date of enactment 
of this section 
in 
conformance 
with 
section 
121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect before such date of enactment), may 
not serve as a basis for liability or relief in a pro-
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ceeding before any court or agency of the United 
States or of any State or locality. 
‘‘(f) AMENDMENTS
TO LABOR AGREEMENTS
AND 
BENEFIT PLANS.—Any amendment to a labor agreement 
or benefit plan of an air carrier that is required to conform 
with the requirements of this section or a regulation issued 
to carry out this section, and is applicable to pilots rep-
resented for collective bargaining, shall be made by agree-
ment of the air carrier and the designated bargaining rep-
resentative of the pilots of the air carrier. 
‘‘(g) MEDICAL STANDARDS AND RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) MEDICAL
EXAMINATIONS
AND
STAND-
ARDS.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), a per-
son serving as a pilot for an air carrier engaged in 
covered operations shall not be subject to different 
medical standards, or different, greater, or more fre-
quent medical examinations, on account of age un-
less the Secretary determines (based on data re-
ceived or studies published after the date of enact-
ment of this section) that different medical stand-
ards, or different, greater, or more frequent medical 
examinations, are needed to ensure an adequate level 
of safety in flight. 
‘‘(2) DURATION OF FIRST-CLASS MEDICAL CER-
TIFICATE.—No person who has attained 60 years of 
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age may serve as a pilot of an air carrier engaged 
in covered operations unless the person has a first- 
class medical certificate. Such a certificate shall ex-
pire on the last day of the 6-month period following 
the date of examination shown on the certificate. 
‘‘(h) SAFETY.— 
‘‘(1) TRAINING.—Each air carrier engaged in 
covered operations shall continue to use pilot train-
ing and qualification programs approved by the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration, with specific emphasis 
on initial and recurrent training and qualification of 
pilots who have attained 60 years of age, to ensure 
continued acceptable levels of pilot skill and judg-
ment. 
‘‘(2) LINE
EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this section, 
and every 6 months thereafter, an air carrier en-
gaged in covered operations shall evaluate the per-
formance of each pilot of the air carrier who has at-
tained 60 years of age through a line check of such 
pilot. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an air 
carrier shall not be required to conduct for a 6- 
month period a line check under this paragraph of 
a pilot serving as second in command if the pilot has 
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undergone a regularly scheduled simulator evalua-
tion during that period. 
‘‘(3) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 24 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Comptroller General 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 
concerning the effect, if any, on aviation safety of 
the modification to pilot age standards made by sub-
section (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘44729. Age standards for pilots.’’. 
SEC. 302. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DENIAL OF AIRMAN CER-
TIFICATES. 
(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF NTSB DECISIONS.—Sec-
tion 44703(d) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A person who is sub-
stantially affected by an order of the Board under 
this subsection, or the Administrator if the Adminis-
trator decides that an order of the Board will have 
a significant adverse impact on carrying out this 
subtitle, may seek judicial review of the order under 
section 46110. The Administrator shall be made a 
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party to the judicial review proceedings. The find-
ings of fact of the Board in any such case are con-
clusive if supported by substantial evidence.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1153(c) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 44709 or’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 44703(d), 44709 or’’. 
SEC. 303. RELEASE OF DATA RELATING TO ABANDONED 
TYPE CERTIFICATES AND SUPPLEMENTAL 
TYPE CERTIFICATES. 
(a) RELEASE OF DATA.—Section 44704(a) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) RELEASE OF DATA.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Administrator may 
make available upon request to a person seek-
ing to maintain the airworthiness of an aircraft, 
engine, propeller, or appliance, engineering data 
in the possession of the Administration relating 
to a type certificate or a supplemental type cer-
tificate for such aircraft, engine, propeller, or 
appliance, without the consent of the owner of 
record, if the Administrator determines that— 
‘‘(i) the certificate containing the re-
quested data has been inactive for 3 or 
more years; 
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‘‘(ii) after using due diligence, the Ad-
ministrator is unable to find the owner of 
record, or the owner of record’s heir, of the 
type certificate or supplemental certificate; 
and 
‘‘(iii) making such data available will 
enhance aviation safety. 
‘‘(B) ENGINEERING
DATA
DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘engineering data’ as used 
with respect to an aircraft, engine, propeller, or 
appliance means type design drawing and speci-
fications for the entire aircraft, engine, pro-
peller, or appliance or change to the aircraft, 
engine, propeller, or appliance, including the 
original design data, and any associated sup-
plier data for individual parts or components 
approved as part of the particular certificate for 
the aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance.’’. 
(b) DESIGN ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES.—Section 
44704(e)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Beginning 7 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Beginning January 1, 2013,’’. 
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SEC. 304. INSPECTION OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 (as amended by sec-
tion 301 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 44730. Inspection of foreign repair stations 
‘‘Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to 
Congress a certification that each foreign repair station 
that is certified by the Administrator under part 145 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and performs work 
on air carrier aircraft or components has been inspected 
by safety inspectors of the Administration not fewer than 
2 times in the preceding calendar year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘44730. Inspection of foreign repair stations.’’. 
SEC. 305. RUNWAY INCURSION REDUCTION. 
Not later than December 31, 2008, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to 
Congress a report containing a plan for the installation 
and deployment of systems the Administration is installing 
to alert controllers or flight crews, or both, of potential 
runway incursions. The plan shall be integrated into the 
annual Operational Evolution Partnership document of 
the Administration or any successor document. 
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