Here's the official executive summary, most of the initial media coverage will be based on this press release:
Fact Sheet – Pilot Fatigue Rule Comparison
The source document is here:
http://www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...-FinalRule.pdf
Freight dogs were exempted under the customary 'no significant loss of life' waiver but the cargo airlines will be encouraged to participate voluntarily:
Another dispute in development of the rules was whether to apply the same rules to cargo pilots as pilots of commercial airliners. The FAA decided not to apply the rules to cargo pilots because of the costs to that industry, Huerta said.
LaHood said he would invite cargo executives to his office in 2012 and urge them to voluntarily adopt the changes.
"It was tough to implement it on cargo because of the cost-benefit to this," LaHood said.
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