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Dayton
Business Journal
Airlines to
face pilot shortage with new rules
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
New federal mandates requiring pilots to have six times the current
minimum of experience may trigger the most serious pilot shortage since
the 1960s for U.S. airlines, just as thousands of pilots begin reaching
the industry's mandatory retirement age of 65, according to Pacific
Business News.
The Wall Street Journal also reports the federal mandates will require
all newly-hired pilots to have at least 1,500 hours of flight
experience, which will increase the cost and time it takes to train new
pilots, while another federal safety rule that takes effect in 2014
will require airlines to give pilots more daily rest time, which is
expected to force airlines to increase their pilot ranks by at least 5
percent.
Capt. John Silverman, a 64-year-old pilot for US Airways, told The
Journal he is "extremely healthy" but will have to retire in April; and
JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger recently said the industry is likely to
face a critical shortage of pilots in the future…
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