The 461-page measure focuses on building safeguards after recent incidents, including Southwest Airlines’s meltdown, the failure of a key FAA pilot notification system and a spate of near misses at airports, underscored the need for investments.
in the wake of two Boeing Max jet crashes. The measure also proposes creating an FAA academy to increase the number of air traffic controllers the agency can train.For consumers, the measure would require airlines to offer refunds if a domestic flight is delayed at least three hours or an international flight is delayed at least six hours. It would double the civil penalty for aviation consumer violations to $50,000 per incident.
The measure revisits the effects of smaller seats on passengers’ ability to evacuate an aircraft, which was noted as part of a 2018 FAA funding measure. As directed by Congress, the agency conducted emergency drills in 2019 and determined seat size did not affect evacuations. However, several lawmakersThe proposed bill would require the FAA to revisit evacuation standards.
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