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FAR 61.153 [Complete Eligibility
Requirements]
NEW REGULATION:
For flight training in aircraft that weigh 12,500 pounds or less,
as currently written, the rule requires every student and certificated
pilot to prove his or her citizenship status (including U.S.
citizens) prior to undertaking flight training for a new or the
addition of a certificate or rating. Foreign flight students
must complete a background check process with TSA.
To be eligible
for an airline transport pilot certificate, you must:
Be at least
23 years of age.
Be able to read, speak, write and understand the English language.
Be of good moral character.
Hold at least a commercial pilot certificate and an instrument
rating.
Meet the aeronautical experience requirements that apply to the
aircraft category and class rating sought.
Pass the knowledge test.
Pass the practical test.
To exercise the privileges of an airline transport pilot certificate,
you must hold a current first-class medical certificate. For
more information on medical certificates click here.
FAR 61.159 [Aeronautical Experience: Airplane Category Rating
Complete Requirements]
If you are applying
for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category
and class rating, you must have at least 1500 hours of total
time as a pilot that includes at least:
500 hours of
cross-country flight time.
100 hours of night flight time. (If you have performed at least
20 night takeoffs and landings to a full stop, you may substitute
each additional night takeoff and landing to a full stop for
1 hour of night flight time. However, not more than 25 hours
of night flight time may be credited in this manner!)
75 hours of instrument flight time in actual or simulated instrument
conditions. (A maximum of 25 hours, or if the training was accomplished
in accordance with Part 142, a maximum of 50 hours of simulated
instrument time in an approved flight simulator or approved flight
training device that represents an airplane may be credited.)
250 hours of flight time in an airplane as a pilot in command,
which includes at least 100 hours cross-country flight time and
25 hours of night flight time.
Not more than 100 hours of the total aeronautical experience
requirements for this rating may be obtained in accordance with
FAA Part 142 in an approved flight simulator or approved flight
training device that represents an airplane.
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