Originally Posted by
oldveedubs
Also I heard from a friend at a regional that you don't specifically need to meet ATP mins to get a captain upgrade. If you are trained under a part 121 program you can become a captain. Think of it like 141 mins instead of part 61. Any truth to this as well?
There are so many things that I could continue on from the original question. Thanks for the help!
Only in the sense that the regulation (61.159) allows for some "credit" time towards the 1500 hours total in the form of training in a simulator or flight training device. For example, you may credit up to 50 hours of simulator time toward the 75 hours of required instrument flight time, if the 50 hours occured in a part 142 training program. Otherwise the credit is a max of 25 hours. Most airline training programs are not part 142 certified. They are certified under part 121.
So technically you could get an ATP with 1475 hours flight time and 25 hours of flight training device/simulator time. This would meet the 1500 hour total requirement. There is no relief in the regulation for this rule if you received training from an airline under a part 121 training program. I'm not sure what your friend is refering to.