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JetBlue launches new pilot training program

Some 18,000 airline pilots will reach the mandatory retirement age over the next seven years, but finding replacements is becoming a huge challenge. After the deadly 2009 crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo, New York, Congress raised the requirements to fly, increasing the training cost to more than $100,000 dollars a pilot. Kris Van Cleave reports on how JetBlue is exploring a controversial solution.
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