Lawmakers Reach Deal on FAA Bill to Increase Aviation Safety and Address Air Traffic Control Backlog by Jacob Burg – US Politics News

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reached a deal on the five-year, $105 billion Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill just after midnight on April 29.
The bill enhances aviation safety standards and consumer protections, addresses hiring shortages and ongoing risk concerns at Air Traffic Control (ATC), and rejects a House proposal to raise the commercial pilot retirement age from 65 to 67.
The new guidelines come after ATC experienced multiple near-collisions of planes on several major airport runways in April.
The U.S. Justice Department is also considering criminal charges against Boeing after an Alaskan Airways flight suffered a door plug blowout on Jan. 5, requiring an emergency landing….