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Division (b)

United Kingdom

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Experience. Applicants for an ATPL(A) shall have completed a minimum of 1 500 hours of flight time in aeroplanes, including at least:

  1. (1)

    500 hours in multi-pilot operations on aeroplanes;

  2. (2)
    1. (i)

      500 hours as PIC under supervision; or

    2. (ii)

      250 hours as PIC; or

    3. (iii)

      250 hours, including at least 70 hours as PIC, and the remaining as PIC under supervision;

  3. (3)

    200 hours of cross-country flight time of which at least 100 hours shall be as PIC or as PIC under supervision;

  4. (4)

    75 hours of instrument time of which not more than 30 hours may be instrument ground time; and

  5. (5)

    100 hours of night flight as PIC or co-pilot.

Of the 1 500 hours of flight time, up to 100 hours of flight time may have been completed in an FFS and FNPT. Of these 100 hours, only a maximum of 25 hours may be completed in an FNPT.