Originally Posted by
FlyerJosh
One exception to the expired rule/exemption.
If you were working for company A when you took the (now expired) written test, an now work for company B, some examiners will require you to have retaken the test since you last started employment.
61.39(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, an applicant for an airline transport pilot certificate ... may take the practical test for that certificate or rating with an expired knowledge test report, provided that the applicant:
(1) Is employed as a flight crewmember by a certificate holder under part 121, 125, or 135 of this chapter at the time of the practical test and has satisfactorily accomplished that operator's approved--
(i) Pilot in command aircraft qualification training program ...and
(ii) Qualification training requirements appropriate to the certificate and rating sought; or
No, there is no exception. There's nothing in the regs you quoted which even remotely support what you just said.
I'm sure there may have been confused examiners in the past, but I suspect the airlines have long since resolved that sort of confusion. What are they going to do, let you go all the way through upgrade training, and then on checkride day, oops nevermind? That examiner would find himself doing something else pretty quick. Also any airline will pre-screen their upgrade candidates BEFORE class convenes...whatever they want you to have, they will have already verified that you have it.