So, no further scuttlebutt re this alleged legislative effort from the OP ?:
Advisory Panel Would Relax Rules for Co-Pilot Experience - WSJ
The wheels of the kakistocracy turn slowly most of the time. :-)
The WSJ article said this. The info is a secret so they can't tell us:
"Certain military pilots with as little as 500 hours of flying experience would be allowed to become commercial co-pilots, according to people familiar with an advisory panel’s recommendations, compared with the mandatory at least 750 hours required today.
The proposal comes from a joint industry-labor group created by the Federal Aviation Administration to help it draft new regulations amid worries by the airline industry that there aren’t enough pilots to keep up with demand. None of the recommendations have been released, and further details are expected to remain confidential until top FAA officials decide how to proceed."
What is this "joint industry-labor group" ? Who's on it ?