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§ 61.163 - Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.

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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:

500 hours of cross-country flight time;

100 hours of night flight time;

250 hours in a powered-lift as a pilot in command, or as a second in command performing the duties of a pilot in command under the supervision of a pilot in command, or any combination thereof, which includes at least—

100 hours of cross-country flight time; and

25 hours of night flight time.

75 hours of instrument flight time in actual or simulated instrument conditions, subject to the following:

Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section, 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.

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 training was accomplished in a course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

Training in a flight simulator or flight training device must be accomplished in a flight simulator or flight training device that represents a powered-lift.

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 a powered-lift, provided the aeronautical experience was obtained in an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

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§ 61.163 - Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.