Hours Needed For License

So it has recently come to my attention that in order to become a hair dresser in NJ you need 1000 hours of training (1200 at a non state school).  The first thing that came to my mind was the only other thing I knew of that had a training hour requirement, a pilot's license.  Surely you'd need many hours of training to become a pilot, but was it more than 1000?  1000 hours is a very long time.  At 8 hours a day 5 days a week it is 25 weeks, or just over half a year.

So what are some other training hour requirements?

Type: Cosmetologist/Hairstylist
Hours: 1000
What Can You Do: Cut hair.
What Could Go Wrong: Bad hair cuts.  Cut someone's ear off.  Uh, spread lice?
How Much Longer To Become A Hair Dresser: 1x

Type: Driver's license
Hours: 0-50
What Can You Do: Drive a 13 ton vehicle at 75 mph.
What Could Go Wrong: Multicar pileup, kill a few people.
How Much Longer To Become A Hair Dresser: ~ 30x

Type: Private pilot
Hours: 35
What Can You Do: Fly a plane, with passengers, can't get paid.
What Could Go Wrong: Crash into orphanage, kill a few dozen people.
How Much Longer To Become A Hair Dresser: 29x

Type: Commercial pilot
Hours: 35 + 190
What Can You Do: Fly a plane, with passengers, for money.
What Could Go Wrong: Crash into orphanage, kill a few dozen people.
How Much Longer To Become A Hair Dresser: 4x

Type: Airline transport pilot
Hours: 2000
What Can You Do: Fly a 747.
What Could Go Wrong: Crash into a skyscraper, kill a few thousand people.
How Much Longer To Become A Hair Dresser: 0.5x


In researching this the average needed for a Cosmetology license is 1500-1800 hours, some states require 2000+ hours.  The actual number of hours needed to fly a 747 was a bit hard to pin down.  Although a few places said the absolute minimum would be around 2000+ total flight hours.  Try as I may I couldn't find training hour requirements for anything other than driver, pilot, and cosmetologist.