FAA issues final airline pilot certification rule requiring 1,500 flight hours

FAA has issued a new final rule requiring pilots to accumulate 1,500 flight hours before becoming a first officer at a Part 121 US airline, but the agency does allow for some exceptions. FAA was mandated to raise commercial airline pilot training requirements by Congress, which passed aviation...

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