Eligibility requirements: General.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

To be eligible for an airline transport pilot certificate, a person must: (a) Meet the following age requirements: (1) For an airline transport pilot certificate obtained under the aeronautical experience requirements of §§ 61.159, 61.161, or 61.163, be at least 23 years of age; or (2) For an airline transport pilot certificate obtained under the aeronautical experience requirements of § 61.160, be at least 21 years of age. (b) Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language. If the applicant is unable to meet one of these requirements due to medical reasons, then the Administrator may place such operating limitations on that applicant's pilot certificate as are necessary for the safe operation of the aircraft; (c) Be of good moral character; (d) Meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) Holds a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating issued under this part; (2) Meet the military experience requirements under § 61.73 of this part to (3) Holds either a foreign airline transport pilot license with instrument privileges, or a foreign commercial pilot license with an instrument rating, that— (i) Was issued by a contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation; and (ii) Contains no geographical limitations. (e) For an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating or an airline transport pilot certificate obtained concurrently with a multiengine airplane type rating, receive a g

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 61.153