DFC you said "1500 hours MULTI PILOT experience required now before applying for an ATPL."
Not strictly true. The ATPL upgrade from vanilla CPL/IR can be applied for with a total of 1500 hours of which 500 must have been in a Multi Crew aircraft. There are also minimums for instrument, cross country and night flight times amongst others, this is assuming a JAA licence.
IO540 Iwould be interested to know how furure multi crew pilots are going to gain experience? shame about my 1000 hours instructing, I guess it didnt help me in any way at all when I moved on to piston twins, which in turn got me a break with a turbine operator.
Last edited by Flying Farmer; 18th May 2006 at 09:56.