Air traffic controllers can watch pilots work on real flights.
H.R. 10303 — FLIGHT DECK Act · Filed by Nellie Pou (D-NJ) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 4, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the FAA to set up a program. Air traffic controllers can sit in the cockpit during flights. Controllers watch at least one round-trip flight to learn what pilots do. The time counts as work time. Controllers pay for their own travel.
Who it affects
Air traffic controllers can join if they want to. Airlines must agree to let controllers ride along.
One thing to notice
Controllers get paid work time for watching flights. The FAA does not pay for their travel.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Sep 4, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 4, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- air traffic controllers — People who guide planes in the sky and on the ground.
- cockpit — The front part of a plane where the pilot sits.
- FAA — The government agency that makes rules for flying.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,327 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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