RAA issued a call to action for Congress and the FAA to work together to fix the pilot supply challenges outlined in the recently released GAO report "Aviation Workforce-Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots".  RAA noted the 1500 hour rule created an arbitrary 'quantity versus quality' standard, a new obstacle adding extraordinary time and financial burdens on highly trained pilots and blocking their entry into the workforce.  The 1500 hour barrier has impacted communities large and small, and hundreds more cities could lose their scheduled flights, with thousands more jobs lost across all sectors.
Read RAA's press release here.
Click here to read the GAO report and a Flightpath Economics' study called Grounded which concludes the negative economic impact may equal that of 9/11.