Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Commercial pilot bill.

This bill would up the commercial to 1500hours.

Helen

orval_f wrote:
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
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>> Did anyone else catch this this morning? My guess is that this bill
>> won't get passed but if it does, it could have a HUGE impact on light
>> sport. Since the commercial ticket is a prerequisite for the subpart H
>> instructor ticket, it would be logical that most airline bound folks
>> would have to start off as subpart K instructors to build their time and
>> schools would have to move their training fleets over to mostly LSAs to
>> accommodate them. It could also mean a substantial pay hike for subpart
>> H instructors as they become scarce.
>>
>>
>> Bill Sets 1500-Hour Minimum For Commercial Pilots
>>
>> Family members of those lost in the fatal crash of Continental Flight
>> 3407 near Buffalo are pushing the Obama administration and FAA chief
>> Randy Babbitt to impose a 1,500-hour minimum for the commercial pilot
>> certificate. The crash, which killed all 49 aboard plus one on the
>> ground, has inspired the formation of the group Families of Continental
>> Flight 3407. That group had plans last week to meet with Sen. Charles
>> Schumer, D-N.Y., who has sponsored a bill that would require the
>> 1500-hour minimum for commercial certificate applicants. Babbitt is more
>> in favor of changing the FAA's rules regarding training specific to
>> certain types of operations -- particularly, how pilots seeking
>> positions in commercial airliners are trained. As for the hour mandate,
>> Babbitt has said flight hours alone may not guarantee proficiency.
>> Babbitt is already under fire from lawmakers over other concerns.
>>
>
> Schumer again? That fool is totally ignorant of aviation matters and never overlooks a chance before the camera or microphone.
>
> ATP requires 1500 hours already.
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