This bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to require major airlines, known as covered carriers, to create and regularly update operational resiliency strategies aimed at preventing or minimizing flight disruptions that affect passengers. These strategies must address how airlines plan to handle severe weather and other disruptive events, including their effects on staffing, crew scheduling systems, and information technology infrastructure, as well as known cybersecurity risks that could lead to flight cancellations or delays. Airlines will have one year after the law takes effect to develop these plans, and the Secretary must protect any proprietary or trade secret information they submit. Three years after enactment, the Government Accountability Office will begin auditing how effective these resiliency strategies have been, with a report on the findings due to relevant congressional committees within a year of completing that audit. The bill primarily affects large commercial airlines and aims to give passengers more protection against widespread disruptions like those seen in major airline meltdowns in recent years.
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