1 airline made a bid to reduce flight hours required for new pilots. FAA rejects it
Regulations require 1500 hours of flight time for pilot certification. Regional airline Republic Airways wanted graduates of its flight school to be eligible in half that time. The FAA said no.
The Federal Aviation Administration has rejected a regional airline's bid to reduce the number of flight hours needed to become a commercial airline pilot.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways had requested the reduction in flight hours for graduates of its flight school as a way to help address a pilot shortage.
Republic petitioned the FAA back in April for an exemption to federal regulation requiring at least 1,500 flight hours for pilots to become certified as
