Why the U.S. “1500 Hour Rule” for Airline Pilots Makes No Sense

Here’s an after-story about the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash:

Yared Getachew was to marry another plane captain this year. Studious, serious Ahmednur Mohammed rented his first apartment with his maiden paycheck in February.

Their lives, along with 155 others, ended when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plunged into a field moments after take-off in a still unexplained disaster.

Yared, 29, was captain; Ahmednur, 25, his first officer.

By the time of the crash, Yared had amassed 8,100 hours of flying experience, the airline said, unusual at his age but no surprise to the family.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-pilots-idUSKCN1R11LV

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