FAA - USA CERTIFICATION - Airline Transport Pilot License
The Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) is the highest FAA rating a pilot can attain. The ATPL allows a pilot to act as a company check pilot for a Part 135 operation (after completing a flight with the company’s FAA inspector), and is also required for a pilot to act as pilot in command of a multi-crew aircraft.
Some of the eligibility requirements for an ATPL are as follows:
- The pilot must be at least 23 years old
- The pilot much be of good moral character
- The pilot must hold at least a Commercial Pilot License(H) and an Instrument rating (H) or a foreign ATPL(H) issued by an ICAO state
The aeronautical experience requirements are:
- 1,200 hours total time as a pilot of which 200 hours are in helicopters, including 75 hours PIC
- 500 hours cross-country flight time which must be longer than 25nm in a helicopter or 50nm in a fixed-wing
- 100 hours night flight time of which 15 hours are in helicopters. The night time must be unaided (without the use of NVG)
- 75 hours of instrument flight time of which 25 hours are in helicopters, and not more than 25 hours are in a simulator
