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Originally Posted by SiouxCFI
Well as long as you have the 1500 hrs total time and meet all the ATP requirements then you should be good to go.
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Wrong...read the reg further. Unless you have 1200 hrs total time calculated like this:
PIC time + 1/2 your SIC time = 1200 hours
You will have an FAA ATPL, but it will have a restriction saying you don't meet the time reqs of the ICAO
The ICAO restriction is lifted at the FSDO once you meet the above stated numbers
This is one of the main reasons there is confusion about why/whether an FAA ATPL is not "always" considered an ICAO ATPL.
Plus you don't technically have to be typed to fly in US airspace as an FO, while you do per ICAO. The US gets around this by having the "SIC" type rating after some court decision after some flight was held up in Germany since the SIC wasn't "typed" (had only undergone 121 operator training).