Those who already supported the administration saw the draft rules as a green light.
The draft rule was issued because of an incident recently on a 747, which has a different engine.
The draft rules are short, taking up less than two pages of text.
Under the draft rules, prospective schools would be required to submit plans to the Chancellor eight months before opening.
The draft rules, which may be modified during the course of public hearings this year, have been in preparation for several years.
They said that the draft rule would cost more than $1 billion for new pilots in the first year.
The government has already issued two sets of draft rules, and will issue a third set, officials said.
Around 800 suggestions were received on the draft rules.
The department said it had received about 12,000 public responses to its draft rules, in a 60-day comment period that ended Tuesday.
The agency "hopes" to have a draft rule some time this summer.