Families of victims of a Hudson River tourist helicopter crash are urging Congress to tighten safety standards for sightseeing flights. The proposed Helicopter Safety and Parity Act was introduced by U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Rob Menendez, and three other New York House members. The bill would require the same safety standards as those applied to airplanes due to their short flight distances. It would close loopholes in federal regulations that hold tourist helicopters to the same standards as non-passenger aircraft. The highest federal safety standard, which the bill seeks to impose, would apply to airliners. In addition to applying the FAA’s highest safety standards to tourist helicopters, their maintenance and their pilots, the bill would also require aircraft to be equipped with terrain awareness systems, cockpit voice recorders, and flight data recorders.