Flight hours vs. flight testing

[Pirat2991]

Hello,

do any of you know what is the minimum amount of flight hours required on specific type of aircraft prior to start its testing as a CAT 2 test pilot? I am mainly interested in CS-25. I was always sure it is 500h TT, now according to CAA it should be 1000h TT + 400h PIC. And apparently PICUS does not count. Is it really like this?

Thanks!

[Genghis the Engineer]

As a test pilot, those hours sound extremely high and unrealistic. A test pilot is a test pilot, a TP2 might be coming in to do lower risk testing later in a prototype programme and have virtually no time on type, surely?

Is a document somewhere possibly mixing this up with the EASA requirement for 1000hrs on class (e.g. aeroplane, helicopter) and an IR, in order to be considered for approval as a TP?

G