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Proposed Rule: New Pilot Certification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The FAA published a Proposed Rule on New Pilot Certification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations (PDF) in today’s Federal Register (74 Fed. Reg. 6164-6166):

SUMMARY: This advance notice of proposed rulemaking requests public comment on possible changes to regulations relating to the certification of pilots conducting domestic, flag, and supplemental operations. The purpose of this notice is to gather information on whether current eligibility, training, and qualification requirements for commercial pilot certification are adequate for engaging in such operations. The FAA may use this information to determine the necessity of establishing additional pilot certification requirements and to determine what those new requirements might include.