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Public commenter urges keeping 1,500‑hour pilot rule, cites 99.8% decline in fatal crashes
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Summary
A public commenter told meeting attendees that aviation safety depends on rigorous pilot training and cited the 1,500‑hour rule implemented in 2013, saying fatal airline crashes have declined by 99.8 percent since its adoption, and asked officials whether the standard should change.
A public commenter at an unspecified meeting urged officials to maintain the 1,500‑hour pilot certification rule adopted in 2013, saying, "Since implementation of the 1500 hour rule, for pilot certification and qualifications in 2013, fatal airline crashes have declined by 99.8 percent." The commenter asked whether the standards should be maintained or changed.
The speaker framed pilot training and qualification standards as a “major component” of aviation safety and said safety is both the officials' and the public's highest priority, stating: "Moving to aviation, safety clearly is is your highest priority and our highest priority."
The comment called for the meeting participants to weigh in: the speaker asked officials to comment on whether pilot training and qualification standards “should be maintained, as I think they should, or should they change in any fashion?” No formal staff report, vote or regulatory action was recorded in the meeting minutes provided.
The assertion that fatal airline crashes have declined by 99.8 percent since 2013 was made by the commenter during public comment and was not accompanied by supporting materials in the meeting record. The meeting record does not show an official response or commitment to review the rule during the session.
