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§ 61.163
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 flight simulator or
flight training device may be credited
toward the instrument flight time re-
quirements of paragraph (a)(4) of this
section, subject to the following:
(1) Training in a flight simulator or a
flight training device must be accom-
plished in a flight simulator or flight
training device that represents a rotor-
craft.
(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 train-
ing in a flight simulator or flight train-
ing device may be credited toward the
instrument flight time requirements of
paragraph (a)(4) of this section if the
aeronautical experience is accom-
plished in an approved course con-
ducted by a training center certificated
under part 142 of this chapter.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40906, July 30, 1997;
Amdt. 61–104, 63 FR 20289, Apr. 23, 1998]
§ 61.163
Aeronautical experience: Pow-
ered-lift category rating.
(a) A person who is applying for an
airline transport pilot certificate with
a powered-lift category 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;
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