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AIN Blog: GA Pilot’s Bill of Rights May Ameliorate FAA Actions
"Pilots' Bil of Rights" intends to give pilots fairer treatment during enforcement actions.
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus, met with members of the caucus and fellow pilot Harrison Ford to discuss S. 1335, the Pilot's Bill of Rights.
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate General Aviation Caucus, met with members of the caucus and fellow pilot Harrison Ford to discuss S. 1335, the Pilot's Bill of Rights.

After a run-in with the long arm of FAA enforcers in 2010, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced a “Pilot’s Bill of Rights” in the Senate. The stated purpose of S. 1335 is to provide fairer treatment and more access to information during FAA enforcement actions.

Inhofe, who has been a general aviation pilot for 50 years, has already collected 60 other senators as cosponsors. Last fall, during a visit on Capitol Hill with the Senate General Aviation Caucus, actor and avid GA pilot Harrison Ford endorsed the bill, which helped give it some impetus.