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09-17-2013, 06:48 AM

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Falcon900pilot

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Originally Posted by Toonces

Since I haven't even looked at the regs governing this, do you know what part military sim time is covered under? I did a military time conversion factor (0.3/sortie) to get me over the 1500 hump, but if I added sim time I would be swimming in hours. If I added sim time as the instructor, well then...

It has to be training conducted under Part 142. From what I understand military training doesn't fall under that.

09-17-2013, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Toonces

It wouldn't really help you all that much. Since you already meet the 1500 hour hurdle, it would just be used to look more attractive as an applicant. People using this reg are doing it to get the leg up on their ATP. Generally, most airline recruitment departments aren't really that attracted to high sim times.

09-29-2013, 03:13 AM

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I can't speak for all platforms, but in the P-3 world, our upgraded sims were never certified. They are often refered to as Level "D" sims, but are actual a Level "D" equivalent.

09-29-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by satpak77

I wouldn't worry about it too much, concentrate on actual flight time. Sim Time will never outweigh real world flight experience.

Yes, normally I wouldn't even mix sim time with total time terminology.

But since you have an ATP with less than 1500 TT you probably need to break that math out up front just so nobody thinks you made a gross typo.

Once you get 1500+ flight time, remove the sim time from total time.