I am thoroughly confused......
I agree with Rudestuff so far as it doesn't exclude RW CP time. However 61.159 specifies that a "commercial pilot can credit CP time only an airplane". So what about a military pilot?
I would tend to think however that for a full ATP then only PIC/CP FW and PIC RW count.
Adding further to the confusion is this from the rATP section: 61.160
"(f) A person who has 1,500 hours total time as a pilot, 200 hours of cross-country flight time, and otherwise meets the aeronautical experience requirements of § 61.159 may apply for an airline transport pilot certificate under this section."
What does this mean? (and why is it written so round about?)
Does that mean ANY 1500h can be used, i.e: PIC/CP both FW and RW.......
OR does it mean that the only difference between a rATP and a full FW ATP is the cross country component.
If the latter is the case it should read:
"(f) A person who has 200 hours of cross-country flight time and otherwise meets the aeronautical experience requirements of § 61.159 may apply for an airline transport pilot certificate under this section."
Yes, you would think the FAA field offices would know the answer..... I have asked and they don't know..... The best answer I got was that ZERO RW can count towards an FW ATP..... I gave up at that point.
