(At 45 minutes) "In Oregon.... a barber who colors hair needs 1700 hours of training...... but the FAA only requires 250 hours to be a FO"
I think Congressman DeFazio fails to realize that barbers and nail technicians don't have to pay for every hour they stand in a salon or barbershop. If a pilot builds time in a 172 (worst case scenario, used for this example only) at a rate of $125 (this may vary on location and institute) an hour it would take at least $70K to build the 600 hrs and $212K to build the 1700 hrs. If this were the case I would have had to consider a different career path. This guy has no idea!