Wed, Dec 09, 2015
At the Redbird Migration 2015, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta was featured as the keynote speaker, and he also entertained questions from the audience.
One such question was addressed to the issue of new regulations for the certification of airline transport pilots, how it affected those pilots in the training pipeline, and what effect it had on the airline’s ability for staffing.
In his answer to the question, Huerta reminds us that the change in minimum flight hours for ATP applicants resulted from a law passed through Congress. The FAA then wrote regulations that would allow certain credits to be applied towards the certification requirement.
In the video, Huerta acknowledges that requiring all first officers to be ATP rated has had an impact on the operation of the regional air carriers. He goes on to detail some of the actions being taken by these carriers to develop a pipeline of pilots that meet this minimum requirement to become first officers.
His answers to the question provide interesting insight as to how the FAA can be limited by congressional legislation.
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