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The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA,美国联邦航空管理局，又称联邦航空局，

the government agency that regulates civil aviation in the United States,是美国监督和管理民用航空事业的政府机构。

announced new rules this month to combat pilot fatigue.该机构于本月宣布了新规定以防止飞行员疲劳驾驶。

The new guidelines, which will go into effect in two years,这项新规定将在两年内实施，

call for reducing the number of pilots' on-duty hours and giving them a 10-hour rest period between shifts,规定减少飞行员的值班时间，并让其在两班之间有10个小时的休息时间，

so they can get at least 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep.这样他们就可以至少睡八小时而不受人打扰。

The new rules apply to only pilots of passenger airlines.这项规定只针对客机的飞行员。

FAA determined that including pilots who fly cargo planes联邦航空局认为货机占到了整个航空业的一大部分，

a large segment of the aviation industry would add too much to the cost of implementing the changes.如果将其包括进来，这项新规定的实施成本将会过高。

But the Independent Pilots Association has filed a lawsuit asking the government to set one level of safety for all pilots.但是独立飞行员协会已经就此提起诉讼，要求政府为所有飞行员设置同一水平的安全保障标准。