US proposals to drastically increase the number of flight hours required for first officers have drawn concerns the rules could hurt hiring in the regional airline sector and damage the image of US regulators in the international community. Doubts emerged during a Senate aviation subcommittee hearing on 20 March, which focused on US Federal Aviation Administration implementation of congressional mandates from 2010, made in the wake of the previous year's Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 crash near Buffalo, New York. Included in the new law is a requirement first officers earn an airline transport rating, generally demanding l,500h of flight time, rather than a commercial licence which needs 250h. No changes were proposed for captains.
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机译：美国提议大幅增加副驾驶所需的飞行小时数的提议引起了人们的关注，该规定可能会损害地区航空公司的雇用，并损害美国监管机构在国际社会中的形象。在3月20日举行的参议院航空小组委员会听证会上，人们对美国联邦航空管理局从2010年开始执行的国会命令进行了质疑，这是前一年纽约州布法罗附近的Colgan Air Bombardier Q400坠机事件造成的。新法律中包括的一项要求是，第一副驾驶必须获得航空公司的运输等级，通常要求1500小时的飞行时间，而不是需要250小时的商业许可。船长未提出任何变更建议。
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