Originally Posted by rickair7777

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.