Sec. 61.151 Eligibility requirements:
General.
To be eligible for an airline transport pilot
certificate, a person must--
(a) Be at least 23 years of age;
(b) Be able to read, speak, write, and
understand the English language.
(c) Be of good moral character;
(d) Meet at least one of the following
requirements:
(1) Hold at least a commercial pilot
certificate and instrument rating;
(2) Meet the military experience requirements
under Sec. 61.73 of this part to qualify
for a commercial pilot certificate, and an
instrument rating if the person is a rated
military pilot or former rated military pilot
of an Armed Force of the United States; or
(3) Hold either a foreign airline transport
pilot or foreign commercial pilot license and
an instrument rating, without limitations
issued by a contracting State to the
Convention on International Civil Aviation.
Sec. 61.159 Aeronautical experience:
Airplane Category rating.
(a) A person who is applying for an airline
transport pilot certificate with an airplane
category and class rating must have at least
1,500 hours of total time as a pilot that
includes at least:
(1) 500 hours of cross-country
flight time.
(2) 100 hours of night flight time.
(3) 75 hours of instrument flight time, in
actual or simulated instrument conditions:
(i) An applicant may not receive credit for
more than a total of 25 hours of simulated
instrument time in a flight simulator or
flight training device.
(ii) A maximum of 50 hours of training in a
flight simulator or flight training device may
be credited toward the instrument flight time
requirements of paragraph (a)(3) if the
training was accomplished in a course
conducted by a training center certificated
under part 142.
(4) 250 hours of flight time in an airplane as
a pilot in command, or as second in command
performing the duties and functions of a pilot
in command while under the supervision of a
pilot in command or any combination thereof,
which includes at least:
(i) 100 hours of cross-country flight time ;
and
(ii) 25 hours of night flight time.
(5) Not more than 100 hours of the total
aeronautical experience requirements of
paragraph (a) of this section may be obtained
in a flight simulator or flight training
device that represents an airplane, provided
this aeronautical experience was obtained in
an approved course conducted by a training
center certificated under part 142.
(b) A person who has performed at least 20
night takeoffs and landings to a full stop may
substitute each additional night takeoff and
landing to a full stop for 1 hour of night
flight time to satisfy the requirement of
paragraph (a) however, not more than 25 hours of
night flight time may be credited in this
manner.
(c) A commercial pilot may credit the following
second-in-command flight time or flight engineer
flight time toward the 1,500 hours of total time
as pilot required by paragraph (a) of this
section:
(1) Second-in-command time
(i) Required to have more than one pilot
flight crew member by the airplane's flight
manual, type certificate, or the regulations
(ii) Engaged in operations under part 121 or
part 135 of this chapter for which a second in
command is required; or
(2) Flight-Engineer Time, provided the
time --
(i) is acquired in an airplane required to
have a flight engineer by the airplane's
flight manual or type certificate;
(ii) is acquired while engaged in operations
under part 121 of this chapter for which a
flight engineer is required;
(iii) Does not exceed more than 1 hour for
each 3 hours of flight engineer flight time
for a total credited time of no more than 500
hours.
(1) Credits second-in-command or
flight-engineer time under paragraph (c) of
this section toward the 1,500 hours total
flight time requirement of paragraph (a) of
this section;
(2) Does not have at least 1,200 hours of
flight time as a pilot, including no more than
50 percent of his or her second-in-command
time and none of his or her flight engineer
time;
Sec. 61.161 Aeronautical
experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter
class
rating
(a) A person who is applying for
an airline transport certificate with rotorcraft
category and helicopter class rating, must have
at least 1,200 hours of total time as a pilot
that includes at least:
(1) 500 hours of cross-country
flight time;
(2) 100 hours of night flight time, of which
15 hours are in helicopters;
(3) 200 hours of flight time in helicopters,
which includes at least 75 hours as a pilot in
command,
(4) 75 hours of instrument flight time in
actual or simulated instrument meteorological
conditions, of which at least 50 hours are
obtained in flight with at least 25 hours in
helicopters as a pilot in command.
(b) Training in a flight simulator or flight
training device may be credited towards the
instrument flight time requirements of paragraph
(a)(4) of this section,
(1) Training in flight
simulator or flight training device must be
accomplished in a flight simulator or flight
training device that represents a rotorcraft.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of
this section, an applicant may receive credit
for not more than a total of 25 hours of
simulated instrument time in a flight
simulator and flight training device.
(3) a maximum of 50 hours of training in a
flight simulator or flight training device may
be credited toward the instrument flight time
requirements of paragraph (a)(4) of this
section if the aeronautical experience is
accomplished in an approved course conducted
by a training center certificated under part
142 of this chapter.
Call: 800.824.4170
Fax: 859.371.3643
Airline Ground Schools
73 Cavalier Blvd. #216
Florence, KY 41042.
USA
