ATP <--- the rating not the school...
 

Can someone clear up exactly what the "Cross-country" requirements are for the ATP ticket? I know it is 500 hours but what constitutes the "x-country"???? When I come up on 1,500 tt I want to make sure I have my requirements...

Is that 50 nm straight line distance with no landing needed... or 50 nm total distance????

50 NM with a landing. Part 135 mins mean a landing at airport other than you origination point, but doesnt matter how far. ATP is a certification, just like the commercial and private.

Where does Part 135 come in? An ATP is not a 135or 121 rating.

Unless it changed in the last 2 years you do not to land you just need to go 50 miles. Its in the FARs and it is fairly clear. Like I said unless it changed since 2005.

Sorry, just stating the difference between a 135 XC. Most people get that confused (50 NM requirement) Typo was all

More than 50 nm straight-line distance - no landing needed.

14 CFR Part 61.159(a) "...airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category and class rating must have at least 1500 hours of total time (interesting because "total time" is not defined by the FAR's) as a pilot that includes at least: (1) 500 hours of cross-country flight time..."

Cross-country time for an ATP certificate is defined in 14 CFR Part 61.1(b)(3)(iv) "...time acquired during a flight - (A) conducted in an appropriate aircraft; (B) that is at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 NM from the original point of departure;..."

So: Must be greater than 50 nm straight-line from takeoff point, must be in an approriate aircraft, must be in flight, must use some form of navigation (including dead reckoning), but no landing is needed. It can just be an out-and-back of more than 100 nm.