Congress overhauls pilot certification requirements, ups minimum to 1,500 hr.

The US Congress attached sweeping aviation safety reform legislation, including a requirement that all Part 121 pilots accumulate at least 1,500 hr. of flight time before operating a commercial flight, to its latest short-term FAA funding extension passed on Friday. President Barack Obama was...

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