I could not disagree with you more on the 1,500-hour rule. And to quote Captain Sully Sullenberger, it would be like saying that we don't have enough medical doctors, so let's just cut down a number of years of medical school from 4 to 2 and just say, we are just going to use our simulators and you are never going to touch a patient.
Duckworth argues against changing the 1,500-hour pilot training rule, emphasizing safety.
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