Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
if you can get the FSDO to do it. When I had mine removed they initially told me they would not do it and I had to go to a DPE and pay a DPE fee for them to do it. I ended up getting the FSDO to do it because I was there for another matter, but they would not take appointments for restriction removal when i did mine.
but for anyone who isn’t aware, like breezy said, there is no difference between a R-ATP and an ATP Except paperwork.
I was lucky enough to leave a regional with an R-ATP and get hired somewhere (not here) with it. After I realized I was gonna leave again before upgrading or going through a CQ event to have it removed, I ended up getting the FSDO to do it via Zoom call after I emailed over my 25 hrs of Acting PIC paperwork and a photo ID.
It took a bit of back and forth and they finally were like "Fine, we'll do it, but we're gonna train someone new on how to do it".
Worked out. But still have that stupid CL-65 is subject to PIC limitations stuck on my cert even with a CE-680 PIC type and a 737 one now.