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The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA,
美國聯邦航空管理局，又稱聯邦航空局，
the government agency that regulates civil aviation in the United States,
是美國監督和管理民用航空事業的政府機構。
announced new rules this month to combat pilot fatigue.
該機構于本月宣布了新規定以防止飛行員疲勞駕駛。
The new guidelines, which will go into effect in two years,
這項新規定將在兩年內實施，
call for reducing the number of pilots' on-duty hours and giving them a 10-hour rest period between shifts,
規定減少飛行員的值班時間，并讓其在兩班之間有10個小時的休息時間，
so they can get at least 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
這樣他們就可以至少睡八小時而不受人打擾。
The new rules apply to only pilots of passenger airlines.
這項規定只針對客機的飛行員。
FAA determined that including pilots who fly cargo planes
聯邦航空局認為貨機占到了整個航空業的一大部分，
a large segment of the aviation industry would add too much to the cost of implementing the changes.
如果將其包括進來，這項新規定的實施成本將會過高。
But the Independent Pilots Association has filed a lawsuit asking the government to set one level of safety for all pilots.
但是獨立飛行員協會已經就此提起訴訟，要求政府為所有飛行員設置同一水平的安全保障標準。
