Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Meaning that you'll keep asking the question until someone agrees with you
Good stuff. Where did you do your flight training?
That doesn't seem reasonable to you?
What doesn't seem reasonable to me is reducing the requirements in the first place.
What doesn't seem reasonable to me is creating the requirements in the first place.
To the OP: This rule is a non-bender. If your situation doesn't quite fit the restricted ATP mold, it will not adjust itself to your situation.
I received my B.S. in Flight Operations from a part 141 university, which should qualify me for the restricted ATP. However, I transferred to that university with my instrument rating already complete under part 61. I did get my CFII from the part 141 university. Common sense would say that the CFII is is essentially the same material as an instrument rating and therefore should count for that requirement. However, the regulation doesn't bend for my situation either - no restricted ATP allowed because I didn't do the instrument through the part 141 program!!
Sometimes the FAA doesn't make sense, but they're not obligated to make sense. They're obligated to make and enforce rules.