Regulations and Government
House Panel Okays Bill for Digital Pilot Certificates
T&I Committee also approved a bill to support military transition to FAA ATC roles
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee this week approved by voice vote bills to permit the use of digital pilot certificates and to help facilitate a transition of military air traffic controllers to a career at the FAA.

H.R.2247, Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act, permits pilots and other FAA certificate holders to present digital certificates instead of physical ones. Introduced by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee), the bill was amended to include certain guardrails around the security of the digital certificate. T&I chairman Sam Graves (R-Missouri) strongly backed the measure, noting that the legislation is an incremental step building on requirements included in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 for the FAA to digitize its processes.

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