Originally Posted by
Old Prof
"Note that 121.436(a)(3) doesn't apply if you've served as PIC under Part 121 prior to July 31, 2013." I want to be fairly accurate in a novel I'm writing--would your comment mean that if the main character gets into the right seat of a regional carrier in 2011 and moves to left seat in 2012, that he wouldn't need to meet the new ATP requirements that were installed in 2013? Thanks. I won't be including much detail in the book, but want to be close to accurate in what I present.
The regulation actually says that you need to be serving as PIC ON July 31, 2013 to be exempt from the regulation, so if your main character was a 121 PIC on July 31, 2013 then he wouldn't need the 1000 hours. That being said, the FAA has been approving exemptions to count the PIC hours for those who served as 121 PIC prior to but not ON July 31, 2013.