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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.161 

experience requirements of § 61.159, ex-
cept that the person may apply for an 
airline transport pilot certificate with 
200 hours of cross-country flight time. 

(f) A person who has 1,500 hours total 

time as a pilot, 200 hours of cross-coun-
try flight time, and otherwise meets 
the aeronautical experience require-
ments of § 61.159 may apply for an air-
line transport pilot certificate under 
this section. 

(g) An airline transport pilot certifi-

cate obtained under this section is sub-
ject to the pilot in command limita-
tions set forth in § 61.167(b) and must 
contain the following limitation, ‘‘Re-
stricted in accordance with 14 CFR 
61.167.’’ The pilot is entitled to an air-
line transport pilot certificate without 
the limitation specified in this para-
graph when the applicant presents sat-
isfactory evidence of having met the 
aeronautical experience requirements 
of § 61.159 and the age requirement of 
§ 61.153(a)(1). 

(h) An applicant who meets the aero-

nautical experience requirements of 
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this 
section is issued an airline transport 
pilot certificate with the limitation, 
‘‘Holder does not meet the pilot in 
command aeronautical experience re-
quirements of ICAO,’’ as prescribed 
under Article 39 of the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation if the ap-
plicant does not meet the ICAO re-
quirements contained in Annex 1 ‘‘Per-
sonnel Licensing’’ to the Convention 
on International Civil Aviation. An ap-
plicant is entitled to an airline trans-
port pilot certificate without the ICAO 
limitation specified under this para-
graph when the applicant presents sat-
isfactory evidence of having met the 
ICAO requirements and otherwise 
meets the aeronautical experience re-
quirements of § 61.159. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2010–0100, 78 FR 42375, July 15, 
2013] 

§ 61.161

Aeronautical experience: 

Rotorcraft category and helicopter 
class rating. 

(a) A person who is applying for an 

airline transport pilot certificate with 
a rotorcraft category and helicopter 
class rating, must have at least 1,200 
hours of total time as a pilot that in-
cludes 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 heli-

copters, which includes at least 75 
hours as a pilot in command, or as sec-
ond in command performing the duties 
of a pilot in command under the super-
vision of a pilot in command, or any 
combination thereof; and 

(4) 75 hours of instrument flight time 

in actual or simulated instrument me-
teorological conditions, of which at 
least 50 hours are obtained in flight 
with at least 25 hours in helicopters as 
a pilot in command, or as second in 
command performing the duties of a 
pilot in command under the super-
vision of a pilot in command, or any 
combination thereof. 

(b) Training in a full flight simulator 

or flight training device may be cred-
ited toward the instrument flight time 
requirements of paragraph (a)(4) of this 
section, subject to the following: 

(1) Training in a full flight simulator 

or a flight training device must be ac-
complished in a full 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 full flight simulator and 
flight training device. 

(3) A maximum of 50 hours of train-

ing in a full flight simulator or flight 
training device may be credited toward 
the instrument flight time require-
ments of paragraph (a)(4) of this sec-
tion if the aeronautical experience is 
accomplished in an approved course 
conducted by a training center certifi-
cated under part 142 of this chapter. 

(c) Flight time logged under 

§ 61.159(c) may be counted toward the 
1,200 hours of total time as a pilot re-
quired by paragraph (a) of this section 
and the flight time requirements of 
paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (4) of this 
section, except for the specific heli-
copter flight time requirements. 

(d) An applicant who credits time 

under paragraph (c) of this section is 
issued an airline transport pilot certifi-
cate with the limitation, ‘‘Holder does 

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