Blowing the Whistle Federal statute aims at FAR Part 121 and 135 carriers.

IF A CHARTER PILOT GETS FIRED for repeatedly pointing out safety issues to the boss, does the pilot have any legal remedy? The answer in the past was a definite ``maybe.'' Now a new federal statute is aimed precisely at the issue. The new whistle-blower law applies to ``air carriers'' -- not FAR...

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