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reporter: the chair of house transportation committee put out a statement today saying that rule dozen improve aviation safety but says pilots must take personal responsibility for coming to work rested and fit for duty, the government cannot put a chocolate on each pillow and tuck them in at night. airlines have two years to comply. shepard: two years before the rules go into effect? and they don t apply to all pilots. guest: they only apply to commercial airlines and pilots. cargo companies fought the new rules saying they fly mainly at night and don t carry passengers so they won. so they are exempt. the f.a.a. argued saying you may fly overnight and you may not have passengers but you could crash into someone s house but the f.a.a. said it would be too costly for the cargo companies, think ups or fedex to adopt this and the secretary of transportation will encourage them to adopt the rules ....

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