# Why the U.S. “1500 Hour Rule” for Airline Pilots Makes No Sense **URL:** \ **Category:** Context\ **Tags:** aviation, air-transport-pilot, flight-hours\ **Created:** [23 November 2022 13:16 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-the-u-s-1500-hour-rule-for-airline-pilots-makes-no-sense/2332 "2022-11-23T13:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
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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](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-pilots-idUSKCN1R11LV) More about Africa’s most profitable airline: - [https://onemileatatime.com/news/ethiopian-airlines-pilots-fall-asleep/](https://onemileatatime.com/news/ethiopian-airlines-pilots-fall-asleep/) - [All-Female Flight Crew a First for Ethiopia Airlines](https://www.voanews.com/a/ethiopian-airlines-first-all-female-crew/3064016.html) --- _[View the full topic](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-the-u-s-1500-hour-rule-for-airline-pilots-makes-no-sense/2332)._