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“Ensuring all employees are well-trained and qualified to safely execute their duties is essential,” AAR spokeswoman Jessica Kahanek said.

AAR Corporation, however, says it has raised salaries and launched a programme to help US military veterans join the workforce.

Ian Jefferies with the AAR trade group says railroads haven’t opposed the bill outright — but they are fighting several provisions like the two-man crew requirement and locomotive inspection rules.

President Donald Trump attended the start of his civil business fraud trial in New York, Jewish men took part in priestly blessing during the week-long holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem’s Old City, and Lebanese-Armenian protesters in Ain Aar, Lebanon, denounced the Azerbaijani military offensive that recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh.

“We are in an era of record safety performance for this industry,” AAR Chief Executive Officer Ian Jefferies said in an interview.