17. Pilots Bill of Rights Becomes Law

After years of lobbying aimed at bolstering support for pilot protections, those efforts came to fruition this fall, when Congressional representatives in the House and Senate signed the Pilots Bill of Rights into law. The legislation – spearheaded by Sen. James Inhofe (R – Okla.), who notoriously landed his Cessna 340 on a closed runway in 2010 – guarantees pilots access to investigative reports and any evidence that may used against them 30 days prior to any enforcement action, as well as the opportunity to fight such actions in federal court. The bill also calls for a more clear and efficient medical certification process, as well as a streamlining of the notam system in order to make the information more easily understood and accessed by pilots.

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