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Reported by Marcee Maylin for the Everett Post As the U.S. Senate begins consideration of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024, the aviation community, including pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers, aerospace workers, airports, manufacturers, and more are voicing their support calling for the bipartisan legislation to pass the Senate.  Earlier this…

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Reported by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World. The nation’s rail unions and the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department are hailing the Biden administration’s final rule mandating two-person crews on all but a few of the nation’s freight trains. About the only union-side objections to the Federal Railroad Administration’s rule, published April 2, were that it shouldn’t…

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Reported by David Lassen for Trains. The Federal Railroad Administration today issued its new final rule generally requiring two-person crews on trains, which it says “enhances safety” and industry group the Association of American Railroads immediately blasted as “unfounded and unnecessary.” The 223-page final rule requires two-person crews except for certain operations “that do not pose…

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Reported by Progressive Railroading. The Federal Railroad Administration has issued its final rule on train crew safety requirements, which generally mandates a second crew member on Class I freight and passenger trains, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced today. The minimum crew-size rule is long overdue, Buttigieg said in a press release. “Common sense tells us that…

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Reported by David Shepardson for Reuters. The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said Tuesday it will require major railroads to have at least two crew members for most trips. The final rule creates a special approval process for railroads seeking to initiate new one-person train crew operations and requires trains carrying some hazardous…

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