Dear All,
A colleague and I (neither of us are pilots) are writing a paper on training and safety. We are interested in the number of compulsory hours of training required to complete training before one has a licence. Our very basic research thus far has shown that aviation incidents have improved over the year and that tentatively this has been linked to improved training.
A review of 558 NTSB aviation incidents reports during 1983–2002 [Ref[1] ] revealed that although the overall accident rate remained stable, the proportion involving pilot error decreased by 40% ‘from 42% in 1983–87 to 25% in 1998–2002’. Over the same period the rate of pilot errors related to poor decision making declined by 71%, accidents involving poor crew interaction declined by 68% and accidents during takeoff declined by 70%. The review concluded that these trends in reduced pilot error involving decision making and crew coordination may ‘reflect improvements in training and technological advances that facilitate good decisions’.
Now a very brief look at the number of hours required currently in the reveals if training under Part 61 at least 250 hours are required and for a Commercial Part 141 at least 190 hours are required.
Am I right to assume that the minimum number of hours require to obtain a licence has increased in recent years?
I'd like to create a graph of the hours required for a licence and was wondering if anyone can help me with or locating the data. Ive not had much success with the historical information.
The Table will look like this:
Year Number of hours training
2010 250
2000 ?
1990 ?
1980 ?
1970 ?
1960 ?
1950 ?
Any help much obliged!
Ash
[1]Baker SP, Qiang Y, Rebok GW, Li G. Pilot error in air carrier mishaps: longitudinal trends among 558 reports, 1983-2002. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Jan;79(1):2-6. PubMed PMID: 18225771; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2664988.