Originally Posted by
echoaviation
For the ATP it has to be over 50NM...
Originally Posted by
What
It sure is, for ratings the FAR requirement is 50nm
Originally Posted by
Wingtips
You are correct, I was wrong, I had it backwards. Thank you.
Not true. For the purposes of meeting the aeronautical experience requirements for an ATP, any flight from point A to B, even if the airports are 1NM apart can be logged as cross-country time .
Reference;
61.1 b 4 c (ii)
(4) Cross-country time means—
(i) Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(4)(ii) through (b)(4)(vi) of this section, time acquired during flight—
(A) Conducted by a person who holds a pilot certificate;
(B) Conducted in an aircraft;
(C) That includes a landing at a point other than the point of departure; and
(D) That involves the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems to navigate to the landing point.
(ii) For the purpose of meeting the aeronautical experience requirements (except for a rotorcraft category rating), for a private pilot certificate (except for a powered parachute category rating), a commercial pilot certificate, or an instrument rating, or for the purpose of exercising recreational pilot privileges (except in a rotorcraft) under §61.101 (c), time acquired during a flight—
(ii) does not list ATP