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ATP Requirements

Hello,

I'm adding up my times to see if I meet the Airplane ATP requirements. Most of my time is in helicopters. I have 1200 Helicopter 300 Airplane Multi Engine. Does the 75 hours of Instrument flight time for the ATP all need to be in airplanes? It doesn't say that in the FAR but I'm not sure. I have 125 Instrument/Simulated Instrument. 90 of which is in helicopters. So I have about 35 hours of instrument in airplanes. I meet all the other PIC and XC stuff. Do I meet the instrument requirements? Thanks!

Edited for brevity:

§61.159 Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a person who is applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category and class rating must have at least 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot that includes at least:

(4) 75 hours of instrument flight time, in actual or simulated instrument conditions, subject to the following:

(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section, an applicant may not receive credit for more than a total of 25 hours of simulated instrument time in a flight simulator or flight training device.

(ii) A maximum of 50 hours of training in a flight simulator or flight training device may be credited toward the instrument flight time requirements of paragraph (a)(4) of this section if the training was accomplished in a course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

(iii) Training in a flight simulator or flight training device must be accomplished in a flight simulator or flight training device, representing an airplane.

"(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a person who is applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category and class rating must have at least 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot that includes at least:

(4) 75 hours of instrument flight time, in actual or simulated instrument conditions, subject to the following"

Basically, this says that your instrument time must be "Time as a pilot", but does specify category or class. Your instrument time should all count.