New airline safety standards for training pilots and copilots could become law within the next couple of weeks under a compromise deal reached by congressional leaders on reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Crucial legislation that will change pilot and co-pilot flight requirements passed the House of Represenatives late Thursday night, and then passed the Senate on Friday morning.
Seventeen months after a commuter plane crashed outside Buffalo, Congress may be close to passing long-awaited legislation to toughen airline safety and pilot training regulations.
Robin Tolsma and Jennifer West joined their attorneys on Thursday morning in Federal Court as part of the mediation process in their lawsuits against the airlines connected to the crash of flight 3407.