Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 2010

President Barrack Obama signed PL 111-216 on August 1, 2010 and is supposedly take effect either in August or September of 2013.  The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 2010.  The main purpose for this law being passed is because of Colgan Flight 3407 that happened on February 12, 2009 in Clarence Water, New York.  This law that President Obama passed has two parts.  Title one: Airport and Airway Extension which is broken down into several sections. Section 102 Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund Expenditure authority, Section 105 FAA operations, Section 106 Air Navigation Facilities and equipment, and Section 107 Research, engineering, and development.  Title two: Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement which consists of more sections and goes more in depth and deals with, Section 203 FAA pilot records database, Section 205 Aviation Safety Inspectors and Operation Research Analysts, Section 209 FAA rule-making on training programs, and Section 211 Safety inspections of regional air carriers.  These are just some of the sections from both titles that's being stated within the law.  If you would like to find out more information about PL 111-216 click here.

For me being on the management side of aviation I can see this law having an effect on my aviation career in a more stressful way.  With all these sections being enforced under each of these titles working for the FAA to update these regulations and revise them would not be the easiest thing.  Section 203 under title two FAA pilot records database is broken down into many sub-parts.  Working as a Human Resource personal within the aviation field and trying to keep record of each pilot information needed would be a huge responsibility.

From my perspective I think this can have an effect on EMU's future in flight training for those students who plan on pursuing their career flying for a 121 domestic air carrier.  In today's domestic air carrier a first officer could have a minimum of 250 hours of flying.  With this ATP certificate which sets the flight hour requirements to over a 1000 hours which is a lot higher then normal standards it can impact a student attending a four year college whose trying to become a pilot.  AOPA has an artical that elaborates on proposed first officer requirements and talks about the pilots training, eligibility and qualifications without having a negative impact on the general aviation side.  I personally think that if this law was to be passed by next year it would mainly impact the students who want to pursue their career's within the 121 domestic air carrier more so than the general aviation.