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Pilots’ Bill of Rights Gets Senate Thumbs Up

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Key Takeaways:

  • The Senate unanimously passed the Pilots' Bill of Rights, a landmark legislation for general aviation introduced by Sen. James Inhofe.
  • The bill enhances pilot safeguards by requiring the FAA to grant access to all evidence during investigations and allowing pilots to fight enforcement actions in federal court.
  • It also mandates an FAA program to streamline the Notam system and a Government Accountability Office review of the FAA’s medical certification process.
  • The legislation originated after Senator Inhofe himself faced FAA enforcement actions and received wide support from pilot advocacy groups.
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The Senate on Friday unanimously passed the Pilots’ Bill of Rights first introduced by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) last summer, granting what the senator called “a big victory for general aviation pilots all across the country.”

The new legislation includes a number of provisions aimed at bolstering safeguards for pilots, including one that requires the FAA to grant pilots under investigation access to all evidence against them and one that allows pilots to fight enforcement actions in federal court.

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