A bill introduced by Senator James Inhofe who in October 2010 landed on a closed runway, scattering workers, will now allow pilots easier access to evidence against them if faced with disciplinary action by the FAA -- if President Obama signs it. The bill has passed both the House and Senate and awaits the president's attention and official signature. "If a person is going to be accused of something," Inhofe told the Washington Post, "he has to know what he's being accused of." In Inhofe's case, the accusation may have seemed clear to the workers who said they watched the Senator's Cessna 340 as it "hopscotched" over them while landing. But Inhofe, who ultimately received a remedial training order from the FAA, found flaws in the system.AOPA, EAA, and Harrison Ford (the actor is a pilot and general aviation advocate) stand behind the bill.
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