Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill tightens federal aviation treatment of certain scheduled charter flights. Beginning 90 days after enactment, any passenger-carrying scheduled charter operation conducted as common carriage for compensation or hire under part 380 must be regulated by the FAA Administrator as a domestic operation or flag operation under part 121 when the aircraft has more than 9 passenger seats, excluding crew seats. The requirement takes effect after 90 days even if FAA implementing regulations have not been issued.
Who Benefits and How
Consumers on scheduled charter flights and flight crew employees benefit because larger scheduled charter operations would have to operate under the more demanding part 121 framework used for domestic or flag air carrier operations. The Federal Aviation Administration gains clear statutory direction to treat qualifying scheduled charters as part 121 operations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Scheduled charter employers and commercial aviation employers using aircraft with more than 9 passenger seats must comply with part 121 operational requirements within 90 days. FAA administrators must administer the change even if the agency has not completed implementing regulations by the effective date.
Key Provisions
- Requires qualifying scheduled charter operations with more than 9 passenger seats to be regulated under FAA part 121.
- Applies to common-carriage passenger operations for compensation or hire that are public charter operations under part 380.
- Requires the rule to take effect 90 days after enactment even without FAA implementing regulations.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires passenger-carrying scheduled charter operations with more than 9 passenger seats to be regulated as FAA part 121 domestic or flag operations beginning 90 days after enactment.
Key Policy Areas
Aviation, Transportation, Labor, Consumers
Primary Purpose
Requires passenger-carrying scheduled charter operations with more than 9 passenger seats to be regulated as FAA part 121 domestic or flag operations beginning 90 days after enactment.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Consumers on scheduled charter flights
- Flight crew employees
- Federal Aviation Administration
Identified Costs
- Scheduled charter employers
- Commercial aviation employers
- FAA administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Mr. Langworthy) …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Commercial air carriers, Scheduled charter operators
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "administrator"
- → Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
- "scheduled_charter_operation"
- → Common-carriage passenger public charter operation under part 380 offered in advance by route and time
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