SEC. 216. FRONT LINE MANAGER STAFFING. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall initiate a study on front line 
manager staffing requirements in air traffic control facili-
ties. 
(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 sys-
tem. 
(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 
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the results of the study and a description of any deter-
minations submitted to the Chief Operating Officer under 
subsection (c). 
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; and 
(4) system outages, excessive hold times, dropped 
calls, poor quality briefings, and any other safety or 
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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-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report containing— 
(1) a description of monitoring system; 
(2) if the Administrator determines that contrac-
tual 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 
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(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 adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 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 Conven-
tion on International Civil Aviation provides that a 
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pilot who has attained 60 years of age may serve as 
pilot-in-command in international commercial oper-
ations 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. 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) NONRETROACTIVITY.—No person who has 
attained 60 years of age before the date of enactment 
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 mem-
ber; 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 policies of 
the air carrier. 
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