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Comair requires 3000TT 1000ME and 500 hours with the company.

And obviously any other pertinent ATP requirements.

Like 23 years of age and of good moral character :)

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 360953)

Not for a US ATP. You need 250 hours of real PIC, period.

For an ICAO ATP, you need 1200 hours PIC but you can SUBSTITUE two hours of 121 SIC for one hour of PIC (you still need some amount of real PIC). This means a low-timer will need 2500+ 121 SIC to qualify for ICAO ATP privileges.

The ICAO ATP is not required for domestic US flying, but most jet regionals go to canada and/or mexico so most require ICAO times to upgrade. Most turboprop-only operators should not require this.

An FAA ATP is an ICAO ATP... To my knowledge there is only one "FAA ATP" issued in the United States and it is accepted around the world as an ICAO ATP.

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 360953)

Doesn't ANYbody read the regs anymore?

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FAR 61.159.a.4

(4) 250 hours of flight time in an airplane as a pilot in command, or as second in command performing the duties of pilot in command while under the supervision of a pilot in command, or any combination thereof

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Originally Posted by MuseumDriver (Post 360986)

An FAA ATP is an ICAO ATP... To my knowledge there is only one "FAA ATP" and it is accepted around the world as an ICAO ATP.

Sort of, again, if you look at the regs, you'll notice that if you fail to meet the 1200 hour PIC mark, you will get a restriction on your ATP that says so.

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FAR 61.159.d

(d) An applicant may be issued an airline transport pilot certificate with the endorsement, “Holder does not meet the pilot in command aeronautical experience requirements of ICAO,” as prescribed by Article 39 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, if the applicant:
(1) Credits second-in-command or flight-engineer time under paragraph (c) of this section toward the 1,500 hours total flight time requirement of paragraph (a) of this section;
(2) Does not have at least 1,200 hours of flight time as a pilot, including no more than 50 percent of his or her second-in-command time and none of his or her flight-engineer time; and
(3) Otherwise meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section.
(e) When the applicant specified in paragraph (d) of this section presents satisfactory evidence of the accumulation of 1,200 hours of flight time as a pilot including no more than 50 percent of his or her second-in-command flight time and none of his or her flight-engineer time, the applicant is entitled to an airline transport pilot certificate without the endorsement prescribed in that paragraph.

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Originally Posted by MuseumDriver (Post 360986)

An FAA ATP is an ICAO ATP... To my knowledge there is only one "FAA ATP" issued in the United States and it is accepted around the world as an ICAO ATP.

True, but, you would have the ICAO restriction: "Holder does not meet the pilot in command aeronautical experience requirement of ICAO" Which means you cannot exercise ATP privileges for international operations.

Thank god someone finally posted the reg. I hate it when people try to answer as if they know what they're talking about, when it takes less time to just go online and get the actual text of the regulation to post.

Beyond the ATP mins, SkyWest requires 2500tt, 1000 multi, 1000 turbine, and 1000 in a crew environment. They will not waive or reduce this, and it's one of the reasons EMB upgrade goes junior as alot don't meet the minimums.

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Originally Posted by nicholasblonde (Post 361012)

The regs are open to interpretation! I cannot find any legal interpretations on this subject.

Since you are at Pinnacle, you might find this information useful:
"Note: Minimum of 250 hours, PIC time, required for Pinnacle Airlines to issue ATP certificate."

Pinnacle doesn't count SIC acting as PIC, towards the 250 hours PIC time.

Is this really an issue? Who doesn't have 250 hours of legitimate PIC?

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Originally Posted by SharkAir (Post 361104)

Is this really an issue? Who doesn't have 250 hours of legitimate PIC?

People who get hired with less than 300TT. The infamous 280 Tom..