Key Senate and House negotiators unveiled a long-awaited bill early Monday morning to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years, a major must-pass item ahead of the May 10 deadline.
The deal would boost funding intended to avert close-call collisions on runways, improve air traffic controller staffing, maintain the current pilot retirement age at 65, and grant 10 additional slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, or DCA, or five round-trip flights.
Congress extended the authorization for the critical agency, allowing more time to complete the $105 billion bill, which the Senate is expected to vote on this week. The House passed its version of the bill last July by a vote of 351 to 69. Its version of the bill raised the mandatory pilot age from
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