CAAC Lowers Famously High Physical Standards For Pilots

Credit: China Eastern Airlines
A familiar joke in the Chinese airline industry is that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has higher physical standards for pilots than the national space program has for astronauts. But now the CAAC has dropped some reasons for rejecting candidates for airliner cockpits. The CAAC...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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