And recent changes to the aeronautical experience required for the issue of the ATPL have provided a more defined path to the LHS of a LCAOC RPT >5700kg. Prior to that, the only way you could log ICUS from the RHS was for the attainment of a higher grade of pilots licence (ICAO Annex1). As the command hours required for the ATPL were 250 hours of which 150 may be ICUS, then once you had logged those hours, and had met that requrement for the ATPL, you were not permitted to log anymore under ICAO Annex 1. As a result there was a barrier to the candidate of some additional 250 hours to satisfy the requirements of the LCAOC (500 hours Multi-Command under the IFR).
Now that the ATPL has been increased to a requirement for 500 hours command, the candidate can now log ICUS from the RHS to bring him/her up to the magic 500 hours, this now being the requirement for the attainment of a higher grade of pilots licence (ATPL). With the reduction of the non ICUS component to 70 hours (that being attained by the CPL syllibus), the path is now clear for cadets to move over to the LHS when all the other criteria are met.
Slicker than snot!
And a definite reduction in the credibility of the Aussie ATPL!
