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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 61.43 

(1) As a flightcrew member by a part 

119 certificate holder conducting oper-
ations under parts 125 or 135 of this 
chapter at the time of the practical 
test and has satisfactorily accom-
plished that operator’s approved pilot- 
in-command training or checking pro-
gram; or 

(2) By the U.S. Armed Forces as a 

flight crewmember in U.S. military air 
transport operations at the time of the 
practical test and has completed the 
pilot in command aircraft qualification 
training program that is appropriate to 
the pilot certificate and rating sought. 

(d) In addition to the requirements in 

paragraph (a) of this section, to be eli-
gible for a practical test for an airline 
transport pilot certificate with an air-
plane category multiengine class rat-
ing or airline transport pilot certifi-
cate obtained concurrently with a mul-
tiengine airplane type rating, an appli-
cant must: 

(1) If the applicant passed the knowl-

edge test after July 31, 2014, present the 
graduation certificate for the airline 
transport pilot certification training 
program in § 61.156, at the time of appli-
cation for the practical test; 

(2) If applying for the practical test 

under the aeronautical experience re-
quirements of § 61.160(a), the applicant 
must present the documents required 
by that section to substantiate eligi-
bility; and 

(3) If applying for the practical test 

under the aeronautical experience re-
quirements of § 61.160(b), (c), or (d), the 
applicant must present an official tran-
script and certifying document from an 
institution of higher education that 
holds a letter of authorization from the 
Administrator under § 61.169. 

(e) A person is not required to com-

ply with the provisions of paragraph 
(a)(6) of this section if that person: 

(1) Holds a foreign pilot license issued 

by a contracting State to the Conven-
tion on International Civil Aviation 
that authorizes at least the privileges 
of the pilot certificate sought; 

(2) Is only applying for a type rating; 

or 

(3) Is applying for an airline trans-

port pilot certificate or an additional 
rating to an airline transport pilot cer-
tificate in an aircraft that does not re-

quire an aircraft type rating practical 
test. 

(f) If all increments of the practical 

test for a certificate or rating are not 
completed on the same date, then all 
the remaining increments of the test 
must be completed within 2 calendar 
months after the month the applicant 
began the test. 

(g) If all increments of the practical 

test for a certificate or rating are not 
completed within 2 calendar months 
after the month the applicant began 
the test, the applicant must retake the 
entire practical test. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40897, July 30, 1997, as 
amended by Amdt. 61–104, 63 FR 20286, Apr. 
23, 1998; Amdt. 61–124, 74 FR 42548, Aug. 21, 
2009; Amdt. 61–130, 78 FR 42373, July 15, 2013; 
Amdt. 61–130B, 78 FR 77573, Dec. 24, 2013; 
Amdt. 61–142, 83 FR 30726, June 27, 2018; 
Amdt. 61–149, 86 FR 62087, Nov. 9, 2021] 

§ 61.41

Flight training received from 

flight instructors not certificated by 
the FAA. 

(a) A person may credit flight train-

ing toward the requirements of a pilot 
certificate or rating issued under this 
part, if that person received the train-
ing from: 

(1) A flight instructor of an Armed 

Force in a program for training mili-
tary pilots of either— 

(i) The United States; or 
(ii) A foreign contracting State to 

the Convention on International Civil 
Aviation. 

(2) A flight instructor who is author-

ized to give such training by the licens-
ing authority of a foreign contracting 
State to the Convention on Inter-
national Civil Aviation, and the flight 
training is given outside the United 
States. 

(b) A flight instructor described in 

paragraph (a) of this section is only au-
thorized to give endorsements to show 
training given. 

§ 61.43

Practical tests: General proce-

dures. 

(a) Completion of the practical test 

for a certificate or rating consists of— 

(1) Performing the tasks specified in 

the areas of operation for the airman 
certificate or rating sought; 

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