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C212135
Part 61 CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS
Subpart A--General
Sec. 61.39
Prerequisites for practical tests.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, an applicant for an airline transport pilot certificate or an additional rating to an airline transport certificate may take the practical test for that certificate or rating with an expired knowledge test report, provided that the applicant:
(2) Is employed as a flight crewmember in scheduled U.S. military air transport operations at the time of the practical test, and has accomplished the pilot in command aircraft qualification training program that is appropriate to the certificate and rating sought.
Thanks C212135,
I had forgotten that part and was too lazy to look it up. That could work for our OP provided the UPT slot is for a transport/tanker aircraft. Then the training at UPT would have to counted as training for the job just as airline initial new hire training counts, since the test will expire before UPT graduation and actually making it to training in the final follow on aircraft.
I believe all training at Little Rock/Altus is done in the left seat, so their Form 8 will show it as PIC qualified, but the newbies fly in the right seat until ready for formal upgrade which can now be done locally at home station to save per diem/training/man power and generally do more with less.