D.C Plane Crash Investigation Explained: All the Answers to Your Burning Questions

Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009 deals with flight crew qualifications. The bill attempts to address flight crew standards for ATP certification and experience, largely as a result of the Colgan Air crash.

Higher standards, which reduce the applicant pool will inadvertently cause an escalation in pay, and hopefully in safety as well.

See the bill before and after the house on Thomas:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:h3371