Do you hold a FAA Flight Engineer certificate? Not sure the mixture for a R-ATP but FE time should count for time towards the unrestricted ATP. Good questions! I knew A&P professional flight engineers (PFE) that later got a commercial and were able to count their FE time towards the ATP. Regulations have certainly changed so if you can talk to an FAA inspector knowledgeable in certification of airmen that would be my advice.
After reading Bramham (2016), the sub notes include Armed Forces flight engineer time. Interesting if there is a mil comp issuance of Flight Engineer certificate??
Last edited by 155mm; 03-01-2019 at 07:23 AM.