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Embry-Riddle Students Earn Exceptions to New FAA 1,500-Flight-Hour Rule
Graduates Must Fly 1,000 Hours, Can Acquire Restricted ATP Certificate Earlier With University’s Full-Motion Simulation Training
A new rule recently announced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) increases qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines, but includes allowances for reduced hours for pilots holding Bachelor’s degrees from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., campuses.
Students at Embry-Riddle also have another advantage – access to full-motion simulation training like no other university in the United States.
The rule requires first officers – also known as co-pilots – to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, requiring 1,500 hours total time as a pilot. Previously, first officers were required to have only a commercial pilot certificate, which requires 250 hours of flight time. MORE.......
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Embry-Riddle Students Earn Exceptions to New FAA 1,500-Flight-Hour Rule
Graduates Must Fly 1,000 Hours, Can Acquire Restricted ATP Certificate Earlier With University’s Full-Motion Simulation Training
A new rule recently announced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) increases qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines, but includes allowances for reduced hours for pilots holding Bachelor’s degrees from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., campuses.
Students at Embry-Riddle also have another advantage – access to full-motion simulation training like no other university in the United States.
The rule requires first officers – also known as co-pilots – to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, requiring 1,500 hours total time as a pilot. Previously, first officers were required to have only a commercial pilot certificate, which requires 250 hours of flight time. MORE.......
