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> The 1500 hour rule didn’t improve safety

That’s hard to assess on an individual level, especially with how rare crashes are today; confidently stating it did nothing is hard to support. On a collective level, the impact of the entire set of regulations on safety is very clear.

> was applied as supposed remedy

No. The post-Buffalo changes included some direct changes like the rules on pilot fatigue. They also included some proactive changes like the 1500 rule.

We don’t have to wait for a crash to make things safer.



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