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Updated · POLITICO · Jun 22
FAA Weighs New Air Safety Rules After 2025 Midair Collision as Congress Stalls
Updated
Updated · POLITICO · Jun 22

FAA Weighs New Air Safety Rules After 2025 Midair Collision as Congress Stalls

3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 22

Summary

  • Brandon Roberts, the FAA’s head of rule-making, said the agency is “absolutely looking” at new safety requirements under its own authority after last year’s deadly midair collision near Washington.
  • The move would let regulators act even if Congress remains divided over the ROTOR and ALERT bills, which would mandate aircraft-tracking technologies aimed at preventing similar crashes.
  • Jennifer Homendy said the NTSB wants all of its post-crash recommendations implemented, not only the heavily debated ADS-B In and Out requirements.
  • Homendy said FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told her last week the agency is trying to advance those recommendations, while warning it would be “a real tragedy” if Congress failed to pass either bill.
  • The regulatory push comes ahead of a June 23 Senate aviation subcommittee hearing on close calls across the national airspace system.

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