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§ 61.159 

(i) An FAA Aviation Safety Inspec-

tor. 

(ii) An Aircrew Program Designee 

who is authorized to perform pro-
ficiency and/or competency checks for 
the air carrier whose approved training 
program has been satisfactorily com-
pleted by the pilot applicant. 

(iii) A Training Center Evaluator 

with appropriate certification author-
ity who is also authorized to perform 
the portions of the competency and/or 
proficiency checks required by para-
graph (f)(1) of this section for the air 
carrier whose approved training pro-
gram has been satisfactorily completed 
by the pilot applicant. 

(g) 

Aircraft not capable of instrument 

maneuvers and procedures. An applicant 
may add a type rating to an airline 
transport pilot certificate with an air-
craft that is not capable of the instru-
ment maneuvers and procedures re-
quired on the practical test under the 
following circumstances— 

(1) The rating is limited to ‘‘VFR 

only.’’ 

(2) The type rating is added to an air-

line transport pilot certificate that has 
instrument privileges in that category 
and class of aircraft. 

(3) The ‘‘VFR only’’ limitation may 

be removed for that aircraft type after 
the applicant: 

(i) Passes a practical test in that 

type of aircraft on the appropriate in-
strument maneuvers and procedures in 
§ 61.157; or 

(ii) Becomes qualified in § 61.73(d) for 

that type of aircraft. 

(h) 

Multiengine airplane with a single- 

pilot station. An applicant for a type 
rating, at the ATP certification level, 
in a multiengine airplane with a sin-
gle-pilot station must perform the 
practical test in the multi-seat version 
of that airplane. The practical test 
may be performed in the single-seat 
version of that airplane if the Exam-
iner is in a position to observe the ap-
plicant during the practical test in the 
case where there is no multi-seat 
version of that multiengine airplane. 

(i) 

Single engine airplane with a single- 

pilot station. An applicant for a type 
rating, at the ATP certification level, 
in a single engine airplane with a sin-
gle-pilot station must perform the 
practical test in the multi-seat version 

of that single engine airplane. The 
practical test may be performed in the 
single-seat version of that airplane if 
the Examiner is in a position to ob-
serve the applicant during the prac-
tical test in the case where there is no 
multi-seat version of that single engine 
airplane. 

(j) 

Waiver authority. An Examiner 

who conducts a practical test may 
waive any task for which the FAA has 
provided waiver authority. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 74 FR 42560, Aug. 
21, 2009; Amdt. 61–124A, 74 FR 53647, Oct. 20, 
2009; Amdt. 61–130, 78 FR 42375, July 15, 2013] 

§ 61.158

[Reserved] 

§ 61.159

Aeronautical experience: Air-

plane 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 cat-
egory and class rating must have at 
least 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot 
that includes at least: 

(1) 500 hours of cross-country flight 

time. 

(2) 100 hours of night flight time. 
(3) 50 hours of flight time in the class 

of airplane for the rating sought. A 
maximum of 25 hours of training in a 
full flight simulator representing the 
class of airplane for the rating sought 
may be credited toward the flight time 
requirement of this paragraph if the 
training was accomplished as part of 
an approved training course in parts 
121, 135, 141, or 142 of this chapter. A 
flight training device or aviation train-
ing device may not be used to satisfy 
this requirement. 

(4) 75 hours of instrument flight time, 

in actual or simulated instrument con-
ditions, 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 instru-
ment time in a full flight simulator or 
flight training device. 

(ii) A maximum of 50 hours of train-

ing in a full flight simulator or flight 
training device may be credited toward 
the instrument flight time require-
ments of paragraph (a)(4) of this sec-
tion if the training was accomplished 
in a course conducted by a training 

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