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Pilot-Rest Rules May Force Adjustments by U.S. Regional Airlines
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Revised U.S. pilot-fatigue rules will be toughest on regional airlines that operate about half the nation’s flights, according to a scheduling analyst.
Cost increases from the new rules will be “modest,” 3 percent to 4 percent for most regional carriers, Robert Gerbracht of PIAS Inc., a Fairfax County, Virginia, firm that sells pilot-scheduling software to airlines, said in an interview. Gerbracht helped the Federal Aviation Administration prepare the rules released yesterday.