Originally Posted by
XJT Pilot
Interesting to watch! If you are in a time crunch, at about 21:15 Capt Moak Testifies, followed immediately by Bryan Bedford.
At the end is question and answer session. At about 1:14:00 Congressman Graves gets his turn to ask questions. I honestly thought he came off as more of a d bag than Bedford. He comes off as if every 300 hour pilot can keep up with a 20,000 hour, no problem. He keys on good judgment as being paramount, hours be damned. My question is, how does one develop aeronautical decision making without real flight time??? He also says he would do away with FAR 117*, which even Bedford replies that FAR 117 and just good pilot rest in general is a good idea. I am going to send Mr Graves a message and politely explain a different point of view.
*Disclaimer, I think FAR117 could be tweaked, but to say repeal FAR 117 is just ludicrous. .