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FAA chief reluctant to raise minimum pilot hours

17 hours ago ago from U.S. News

FAA chief reluctant to raise minimum pilot hours WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt expressed reluctance Thursday to increase the number of flight hours required to be an airline co-pilot, a key safety recommendation arising from an airline crash in upstate New York last February. Members of Congress and families of the 50 people killed in the crash of Continental Express Flight 3407 near Buffalo have urged the ...

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FAA To Push for Stricter Requirements for Pilot Licenses

11 hours ago ago from Politics Daily

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration told a Senate panel Thursday he wants new rules aimed at enhancing pilot training and preventing pilots from flying when they're too tired. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said his agency hopes to create a new category of commercial pilot licenses for beginning pilots, the Wall Street Journal reported. Under the proposed changes, pilots would need more than the roughly 250 hours of flying time ...

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Recent Air France Distress Call Examined for Hints

22 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

PARIS -- French aviation investigators are examining an emergency distress call from an Air France flight hit by turbulence last month, saying it could shed light on the June crash of a plane heading from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Air France Flight 445 made it through heavy turbulence on November 29 as it flew from Rio to Paris. That was the same route, the same airline and same aircraft type -- an Airbus A330-200 -- as Air France Flight ...

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