FAA ATP - post your questions here.

[411A]

Contact a FSDO, I would suggest the one an KVNY, as they are very familiar with the process....now.

[MarkerInbound]

He's got an ICAO ATP, doesn't need the FAA Comm. He can do the FAA ATP written and then the checkride and have a stand alone FAA ATP with the type rating on it.

[L G Cooper]

Thanks Rick,

Why would I require an FAA Commercial if I meet all the requirements for conversion to FAA ATP Cert? I would have though that the ATP is a higher class of license as well as being more appropriate to the type of operations that I'd be conducting.

LGC

[Harvey320]

hey guys,

can anyone tell me if this is the complete question bank or just part of it.

http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/...SampleExam.pdf

thank you

[CrazyStuntPilot]

That's a very little part of it. Try Sheppard Air, they have the best training software around IMO. Minimal studying time compared to studying with books or other software, and you'll score a very high score.

[MarkerInbound]

LGC,

You'd have a ATP MultiEngine Land with a Gulfstream type. You could fly any twin up to 12,500 pounds takeoff weight and the Gulfstream.

[Harvey320]

Thank you crazystunt!

I already have the Gleim test prep software and I think it's ok, what do you guys think?

Another thing, I'm scheduled for flight training at ATP flightschool in LGB end of november. Does anyone have any experience with them? Are they ok?

[GrkPilot]

Hey guys, quick question.
I have a JAA ATPL(also type rated on AVRORJ 100) and I want to convert it to a FAA ATPL.
I also have a FAA CPL wondering what the process is besides the validation of foreign license paperwork the FAA is asking for. Thank you.

[Hawker719]

FAA ATP 1500 requirement

Hi, I am a Hawker pilot with total time of 1620 out of which 1150 PIC and 60 Hawker PIC. I hold PIC type Rating on my FAA Commercial Pilot License and like to go for ATP very soon but not sure if i meet the ATP experience requirement at the moment? FAA requires 1500 pilot time and i dunno if my SIC time of 550 would count towards the total of 1500, Hawker is a two crew airplane.
I shall very much appreciate if some one can help me on this.
Thanx..

[MarkerInbound]

Read 61.159
§ 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:
(1) 500 hours of cross-country flight time.
(2) 100 hours of night flight time.
(3) 75 hours of instrument flight time, in actual or simulated instrument conditions...
(4) 250 hours of flight time in an airplane as a pilot in command ...
(c) A commercial pilot may credit the following second-in-command flight time or flight-engineer flight time toward the 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot required by paragraph (a) of this section:
(1) Second-in-command time, provided the time is acquired in an airplane—
(i) Required to have more than one pilot flight crewmember by the airplane's flight manual, type certificate, or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted;

I'd question if you're ready for the ATP if you can't find a reg.

[VJW]

Quick question, apologise if it's been answered before.

I'm a UK JAR CPL (A) holder with 2000 TT of which 1700 is on B737. I also have the FAA PPL piggybacked from my UK licence.

I'm wanting to obtain the FAA ATP, and I plan on doing it all on a light twin for which I have found a school.

I am a UK and Canadian Citizen, married to a US citizen (hence the reason for the conversion).

My question is, do I need TSA clearance to convert to FAA ATP? Or was that just for initial training?

In addition, once I complete the conversion, can the examiner put the 737 onto the new FAA ATP based on the verification letter I have from the FAA?

Kind regards
VJW

[Tinstaafl]

What a coincidence, VJW! I was at an FAA Safety Team CFI conference yesterday and the head of the TSA vetting department was there to talk about foreign national background checks. In short, if you're not a US citizen you need the TSA check for:

* the first issue of a pilot licence, but not subsequent licences eg get TSA vetted for a PPL, won't need to do it again for CPL or ATP. The piggy back PPL doesn't count as a prior certificate.

* Instrument rating

* Multi engine

* Every type rating ie aircraft above 12500 lb

So, from the info. you gave you would need the background check.

[VJW]

Hey thanks for reply. Was thinking the same. Only thing I'll add is I did the TSA clearance before. I needed it when i did my jar ppl at a uk approved American school.

Hoping that'll be classed as my fist licence, but I know it won't as much as I wish it did.

[MarkerInbound]

Does your piggyback PPL have instrument privileges? It looks like they can put the 737 rating on your PPL and then transfer it to a stand alone certificate. If you don't have INST privileges the type would be limited to VFR ONLY which won't do you much good. You'd think if they will do that they would just add it to the stand alone certificate but they are the FAA and their ways are mysterious. You should check with the Airman Certification Branch in Oklahoma City.

[VJW]

Hi

Ya I have an FAA IR. I had the FAA PPL issued on basis of my UK PPL at the time, then did an FAA IR course.

Since then I've gone on to get the JAR CPL /IR and 2000 hrs 737 time.

[MarkerInbound]

So you have "US Test Passed" on your certificate. Reading the FAA's guidance, if the instructor who did the training for the type held a FAA CFI, it will transfer to the piggyback and can then transfer to the stand alone. From the FAA's FSIMS:
6) Type Rating. When a type rating is shown on the U.S. pilot certificate (meaning a U.S. pilot certificate that was issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license), that aircraft type rating will be limited to “VFR ONLY” if the person has not passed either the IFP knowledge test or the standard instrument rating knowledge test and the standard instrument rating practical test (see § 61.65).
NOTE: Applicants who apply for a type rating with the notation “U.S. TEST PASSED” on their U.S. pilot certificate must have received the required training from a holder of an FAA flight instructor certificate with the appropriate ratings (see part 61, § 61.63(d) or § 61.157(b), as appropriate). If the aircraft type rating is for an aircraft with a gross takeoff weight of greater than 12,500 pounds, the applicant must also complete a background security check administered by the TSA. The reporting requirements of the TSA’s background check is on its Web site at: http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/afsp/editorial_multi_image_with_table_0215.shtm or at: http://www.tsa.gov .
NOTE: Once the applicant has qualified for the “U.S. TEST PASSED” rating on a U.S. pilot certificate under § 61.75, the aircraft rating and/or type rating annotated with the notation “U.S. TEST PASSED” is eligible for transfer to a unrestricted U.S. pilot certificate without any further showing of competency or practical test if the applicant later obtains an unrestricted U.S. pilot certificate.

[sidestick pilot]

Faa Atpl Class1 Medical ?

Helo ,

I am holder of jaa atpl, and now I am doing my FAA ATPL.
DOES SOMEBODY KNOWS WHEN FAA ISSUES TO ME ATP LICENCE, IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION HOW OLD OR NEW MY FAA MEDICAL MUST BE, CAUSE I WILL MAKE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME (I HAVE CLASS 1 JAA MEDICAL FOR YEARS, BUT NOT FAA)?

I'm asking that because I plan to go to Paris in April for ATP theory exam, then in May attend my ATP check ride sim in Miami,USA, so I dont know should I do it now or wait until May in order that FAA authorities can not tell me that I have to old FAA medical.

In my country there is no FAA medical examiner so I am obliged to have a small trip to get it. Other question is that I have JAA class 1 but expired 1 year ago since I am not working in aviation, should I take it to medical tests and is it harder to pass regarding JAA medicals?

[muntisk]

FAA ATP

Is it possible to get FAA ATP if i have frozen JAA ATPL with more than 1500 hours? Or i must have JAA ATPL?

[raysalmon]

The pre-requisite for an FAA ATP is either an ATP or Commercial Pilot's License with Instrument rating issued by an ICAO contracting state. So a "frozen" JAA ATPL would meet that requirement since technically you hold a Commercial with Instrument.

You would however, have to go through all of the aeronautical experience requirements for the category and class of aircraft you want to get your ATP in and make sure you meet all those requirements. Google FAA FAR 61.159 (or just look a few posts up from this one and it's quoted for you) and that will get you to the aeronautical experience requirements for the ATP airplane category rating.

You would also be required to pass the FAA written test and practical test.

[raysalmon]

Helo ,

I am holder of jaa atpl, and now I am doing my FAA ATPL.
DOES SOMEBODY KNOWS WHEN FAA ISSUES TO ME ATP LICENCE, IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION HOW OLD OR NEW MY FAA MEDICAL MUST BE, CAUSE I WILL MAKE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME (I HAVE CLASS 1 JAA MEDICAL FOR YEARS, BUT NOT FAA)?

I'm asking that because I plan to go to Paris in April for ATP theory exam, then in May attend my ATP check ride sim in Miami,USA, so I dont know should I do it now or wait until May in order that FAA authorities can not tell me that I have to old FAA medical.

In my country there is no FAA medical examiner so I am obliged to have a small trip to get it. Other question is that I have JAA class 1 but expired 1 year ago since I am not working in aviation, should I take it to medical tests and is it harder to pass regarding JAA medicals?

In order to take the ATP practical test you must have a minimum of a FAA third class medical certificate. In order to exercise the privileges of your ATP you must have a first class medical certificate. If your practical test is satisfactory, you are issued with a temporary certificate at the completion of the test.