Commercial pilot license
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| Introduction: | 1944 (ICAO) |
| minimum theory lessons: | 650/750 (modular / continuous) |
| minimum practical hours: | 1500 |
| Training mode: | modular / continuous |
| Minimum age: | 21st |
| Medical : | class 1 |
The commercial pilot license (official license for commercial pilots , English Airline Transport Pilot License / License , ATPL for short ) allows the owner to operate commercial aircraft (ATPL (A)) or helicopters (ATPL (H)) as the pilot in command (PIC) that, according to their approval, require a crew of several ( commercial aircraft / commercial helicopters ). In Germany it is issued by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) according to the specifications of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In contrast to the commercial pilot license , the instrument rating (IR) is an integral part of ATPL training.
certificate of achievement
In addition to extensive theoretical knowledge, practical flight experience must be proven and a test flight must be passed. This comprises 1,500 hours of total flight time, including 500 hours on commercial aircraft , as well as instrument and night flight. If the theoretical test is passed, but the requirements for flight experience have not yet been met, the ATPL is issued as a commercial pilot license (CPL) with the note "ATPL theory credit", as well as the instrument flight rating (coll .: frozen ATPL ), which means driving allowed as co-pilot of commercial aircraft.
Flight licenses according to EASA guidelines no longer have an expiry date, but type ratings are only valid for twelve months and must be extended before expiry by means of a license proficiency check (LPC). The test flight for the acquisition of a type rating is somewhat more extensive and known as the “License Skill Test” (LST).
history
At the beginning of the 2000s, German aviation law was superseded by the guidelines of the JAA and finally that of the EASA ; before that, an ATPL was issued in Germany immediately after the end of the ATPL training - but with supplementary sheet A2, which states the operation of commercial aircraft up to 20 t MTOW as The pilot in command permitted use on heavier aircraft, however, only as a co-pilot. With a total flight time of 2,200 hours, an application could be made to issue an ATPL with Supplement A1, which removed this restriction.
See also
- Private pilot license (PPL)
- Commercial pilot license (CPL)
- Flight dispatcher license
- Aviation Personnel Ordinance