As per the initial proposed U. S. repair of the exhausted rules in almost 15 years, Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood said that airline pilots will be able to avail nine hours of sleep time between their shifts of flying, which is an increase of 13% from the existing schedules.

The alterations have been encouraged by airline crash, which claimed all the lives that were onboard near Buffalo, N. Y. and so, pilots will be offered 30 successive work-free hours every week, which is a 25% hike from this day’s regulations.

He said that this is going to offer protection to the lives of travelers and also of the crew members aboard.

As per the proposed regulation, which may see a change, following 60 days from now, will be finalized in the month of August 2011 under an order by the Congress.

LaHood, who oversees the Federal Aviation Administration, is trying to look for a link between old fatigue regulations with research depicting that stretched number of working hours exhausts pilots, ultimately leading to crash.

President of the nonprofit Flight Safety Foundation, Bill Voss said that rules that are on hand are not good and do not identify the difference between night and day.

The proposed offer has been formed keeping in mind various sleeping cycles.