All airline pilots in the United States are required to hold an airline transport pilot certificate. To obtain this certificate, applicants must have at least 1,500 flight hours, 200 cross-country ...

The 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash, attributed to pilot error, lack of rest, and sterile cockpit violations, became a catalyst for significant reforms in airline pilot certification. New ...

Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) received FAA approval for its students to obtain a Restricted Airline Transport Pilot (R-ATP) certificate with 1,000 flight hours, 500 hours less ...

Fox Valley Technical College students training to become pilots can now achieve Airline Transport Pilot certification sooner. The school recently earned its restricted ATP training certification, a ...

The "1,500-hour rule" is one of the most consequential regulations in modern U.S. pilot training. Enacted after the 2009 ...

The proposed rule published in the Feb. 29 Federal Register would require them to hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, for which substantially more flight hours are needed. The Federal ...

WEST WINDSOR — Pilots who earn their associate degrees from the Aviation Flight Technology program at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) will need fewer hours of flight time to earn their Air ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is pushing a sharp increase in the minimum number of flying hours a pilot must have before working for a U.S. air carrier. The FAA said Monday it wants first ...

On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] announced its new proposed pilot training rules, about a year and a half after President Obama signed a bill requiring these new regulations in the ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday will propose that airline first officers be required to hold an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate rather than a commercial license, a ...