Duckworth said a deal had been reached to raise the commercial pilot retirement age from 65 to 67 in exchange for not altering existing rules that require prospective commercial pilots to accrue 1,500 hours of flight time. After weeks of inaction, Aviation Subcommittee Chair Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said there was a “breakthrough” on Thursday. The Senate is further behind, but a markup is imminent. There’s bipartisan amendments on three major issues: pilot training, pilot retirement age and expanding the number of long-haul flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. House Rules is expected to kick off the amendment process this afternoon, but more than 300 amendments are up for potential consideration. But an expected House floor vote could be slowed down by a number of hot-button issues and significant time built in for amendments to appease House conservatives. READY FOR TAKEOFF? This week is primed for consequential action in the House and Senate on their respective FAA bills, S. Find us on Twitter and I wished hard enough to hurt, drove fast enough to catch the moon/But I must have been dreaming again ‘cause there’s nothing around the bend/Except for that flat fine line, the Wichita skyline.” Send tips, thoughts, song lyrics and recipes you like to, and. IT’S MONDAY: You’re reading Morning Transportation, your Washington policy guide to everything that moves. Buttigieg heads to Vermont to assess the “catastrophic damage” in the state after last week’s unprecedented flooding. Joe Manchin sends a letter to Senate Commerce Committee leaders, first reported by MT, urging them not to add additional long-haul flights to Reagan National. Expect movement on both FAA bills this week, with a markup in the Senate imminent and an expected floor vote in the House.
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