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4th Dec 2021, 01:45

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Multi-crew Pilot (aeroplane) Licence

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So for a Cessna Citation 500 which i s a 2 pilot aeroplane (5400 kg aprox) you need a Multi-crew pilot licence. According to the CASA infor to hold a multi-crew pilot licence you need a Class 1 medical.

Not an expert here, but I believe that is referring to the MPL, rather than a multi-crew aircraft. As I recall the MPL was going to be used as a solution to the long-talked-about pilot shortage, and involved students completing an approved course which involved a considerable amount of simulator time and then going straight into the right seat of an airliner.

As I see it a PPL can obtain a type rating on any aircraft that his/her wallet can stand, and then fly it as PIC. Didn't John Travolta obtain a B744 type rating through Qantas?

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