Revisit Flight-Hour Mandate
The drastic increase in required flight hours for first officers, demanded by Congress after the 2009 Colgan Air crash near Buffalo, N.Y., may prove counterproductive. The regulation has already generated pilot shortages at some regional airlines and the situation could soon become critical. Perhaps...
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