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Airline transport pilot course — flight time in class, airplane

For Airline transport pilot course, certificate or rating is Airline transport pilot course — flight time in class, airplane; part 61 minimum is 50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought; part 61 section is 14 CFR 61.159, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

Certificate or rating
Airline transport pilot course — flight time in class, airplane our reading
Part 61 minimum
50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought verified
Part 61 section
14 CFR 61.159 our reading
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DatasetFAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating

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What the source says

( 3 ) 50 hours of flight time in the class of airplane for the rating sought. A maximum of 25 hours of training in a full flight simulator representing the class of airplane for the rating sought may be credited toward the flight time requirement of this paragraph

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