As Congress tackles a long-term reauthorization bill for the FAA, it’s time to tackle a hotly debated topic in flight training: Increasing the number of hours a pilot can log as part of the 1,500 hours the FAA requires to become an Airline Transport Pilot. “Structural or airframe icing, the focus of this video, is a major cold-weather hazard, especially for instrument-rated pilots who fly in instrument meteorological conditions. This type of icing causes about five accidents a year with nearly half being fatal,” said Air Safety Institute Senior Director Paul Deres. Dr. Ron Bingham’s hangar at at McKeller-Sipes Regional Airport (KMKL) in Jackson, Tennessee, has a 70-foot by 16-foot Schweiss Doors hydraulic door equipped with remote openers. He keeps a CJ1 and a Cirrus SR22 in the new hangar. | 
