Originally Posted by
ERJ135
Ok, This is how I interpet this. You will have a restiction on your ATP if;
more than 50 percent of the 1200hrs is SIC time. I understand you need 1500tt but at least 1200 needs to be flight time as a pilot. The rest could be FE time. So out of that 1200hrs no more than half of that or 600hrs may be SIC time or you will have a restriction on your ATP. Hope I got that right, if not anyone that knows better please clarify or correct away.
No, that's backwards. The wording of the regs is poor but here's what they really mean.
For ICAO ATP privileges you need:
Everything you need for a US ATP
AND
1200 hours PIC (of any sort)
OR
You can count 50% of your 121/135 SIC towards the 1200.
This means theoretically with 2400 hours 121/135 SIC you no longer need the 1200 SIC for ICAO purposes. If you have 1000 hours 121/135 SIC, you could reduce the 1200 by 500, so you would need 700 hours PIC for ICAO.
You still need 250 hours PIC, since that is a US requirement (although there is way to meet that with 121 SIC time too).
If a 121 FO has exactly 250 hours PIC he still needs 950 for ICAO. He can get one-for-two credit from his 121 SIC so he still need 1900 hours 121 (or 135) SIC.