the largest poiments union, the airlines pilot association welcomed the regulations explaining they were long overdue, adding they fall short. unfortunately the regulations have a critical shortfall, they exclude cargo airmine pilots. it's clear that they experience flight in the same ways, whether airlines or cargo. cargo pilots filed a lawsuit against the faa for excluding them. alpa official told al jazeera they are pushing for the faa regulations to be implemented internationally. with the new rules and planned retirement, which may be delayed, some airlines say they are ready hiring pilots to deal with the regulations. one of the things the fa recognises is all passenger operations will have the same fatigue rules when it comes to pilots. in a sense, the old rules look at the operation as determining what fatigue they'll have. it's based on human performance. >> the faa implemented changes after a 2009 airline crash near buffalo killed 50. pilot fatigue contributed to the crash. the push is to combat fatigue. monitoring that is up to the pilots. an app has been created to track how