FAA Denies Republic Airways Pilot Training Exemption Request

Republic Airways E170
Republic Airways E170 at the gate.
Credit: Sean Broderick / AWST
WASHINGTON—The FAA has rejected a Republic Airways request to have a new pilot training program seen as equivalent to U.S. military instruction and sent a message to industry that similar exemption requests with proposed reductions in minimum flying hours are not likely to be granted. “The FAA...
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