Captain Mainwaring
2nd Oct 2012, 10:57
Hi
I am unfamiliar with the FAA License requirements/privileges and would be grateful for an FAA savvy pilot to advise.
I understand that to be issued a FAA ATPL requires 1500TT, a flight test and a Multi Commercial License with IR.
FAA schools advertise that students will obtain a S/E CPL, IR taken in a S/E and then a M/E rating, giving a Multi CPL/IR
--Does this route satisfy the above requirements to later get an ATPL?
--Where does the Multi Commercial come into it?
--Don't you need to take the IR on M/E to have a M/E IR, to be able to operate commercially?
Back in UK I would need to take an IR on a M/E to have a M/E IR.
S/E CPL is all that is required, with no advantage taking the CPL test in a M/E.
I need to be sure that the FAA CPL doesn't require training on a M/E to be a Multi Commercial. That the IR taken on a S/E gives the right to operate for a commercial M/E aircraft in IFR. That the M/E rating taken alone gives the CPL and IR their 'multi status'.
Many thanks in advance
I am unfamiliar with the FAA License requirements/privileges and would be grateful for an FAA savvy pilot to advise.
I understand that to be issued a FAA ATPL requires 1500TT, a flight test and a Multi Commercial License with IR.
FAA schools advertise that students will obtain a S/E CPL, IR taken in a S/E and then a M/E rating, giving a Multi CPL/IR
--Does this route satisfy the above requirements to later get an ATPL?
--Where does the Multi Commercial come into it?
--Don't you need to take the IR on M/E to have a M/E IR, to be able to operate commercially?
Back in UK I would need to take an IR on a M/E to have a M/E IR.
S/E CPL is all that is required, with no advantage taking the CPL test in a M/E.
I need to be sure that the FAA CPL doesn't require training on a M/E to be a Multi Commercial. That the IR taken on a S/E gives the right to operate for a commercial M/E aircraft in IFR. That the M/E rating taken alone gives the CPL and IR their 'multi status'.
Many thanks in advance