Pilot Qualifications Raised by U.S. FAA to Improve Safety
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Airline pilots will need to have more experience and pass more rigorous tests under the most significant increase in commercial flight-crew standards in decades, the U.S. government announced today.
The biggest changes will come for co-pilots, who will have to have at least 1,500 hours of flight time to be hired, up from the current minimum requirement of 250 hours, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.