Pilot Operating and Experience Requirements

The Federal Aviation Administration amends its pilot qualification requirements for air carrier and commercial operator pilots by upgrading existing operating experience requirements, establishing a new kind of operating experience requirement, and adding requirements that would reduce the potential for an inexperienced pilot in command to be scheduled to fly with an inexperienced second in command pilot. The FAA has determined that recent practices and trends necessitate revising current pilot qualification regulations in the interest of safety to upgrade minimum crew experience and to require pilots to use newly developed knowledge and skills in actual line operations within a short time after training.