Editorial - When Hours Rule

When it came into force, the so-called “1,500 hour rule” for US pilots was an understandable reaction to a series of fatal regional airline crashes. In particular, investigation and congressional scrutiny focused on the 2009 crash of a Colgan Air Q400 in which the aircraft’s young first officer was...

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