“Today, facing a pilot shortage, larger and safer twin-engine planes with two pilots are being phased out of service at smaller airports and replaced by single-engine planes that have only one pilot. This trend could be reversed if copilots were required to have fewer flight hours or could count certified simulator training.”
Citation: Project 2025, Section 3.10: Department of Transportation, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, page 663, paragraph 5
Context:
I don’t like the idea of reducing training requirements for pilots, just to have more of them.
Full contextual analysis of Section 3.10: Department of Transportation here.
Categories: Deregulation, Transportation