Originally Posted by
fox niner
How is it possible to have an ATPL with only 600 hours? I thought 1500 was the minimum.
No, an ATPL is just CPL plus multicrew and CRM.
150 hours is enough for a CPL, many students leave training school with a frozen ATPL at under 200 hours ready to find a job and a type rating.
A type rating unfreezes the ATPL, this is part of the "on the job" training in the RH seat.
The USA has unilaterally imposed a 1500 hour minimum for carrying passengers, this is a controversial subject because it puts a very big roadblock in the normal career progression and is causing pilot shortages in the USA. Basically a daft kneejerk reaction by politicians in response to the Colgan Air crash.