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    The Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (ATPC), or Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, is the highest level of pilot certification that allows pilots to serve as pilot-in-command of commercial flights. To obtain an ATP certificate, pilots must be at least 23 years old and have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight experience, or meet alternative eligibility requirements related to military service or an aviation-related university degree. The ATP certification involves extensive testing on subjects like regulations, aircraft systems, performance, navigation, meteorology and human factors.

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    The Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (ATPC), or Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, is the highest level of pilot certification that allows pilots to serve as pilot-in-command of commercial flights. To obtain an ATP certificate, pilots must be at least 23 years old and have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight experience, or meet alternative eligibility requirements related to military service or an aviation-related university degree. The ATP certification involves extensive testing on subjects like regulations, aircraft systems, performance, navigation, meteorology and human factors.

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    The Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (ATPC), or Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, is the highest level of pilot certification that allows pilots to serve as pilot-in-command of commercial flights. To obtain an ATP certificate, pilots must be at least 23 years old and have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight experience, or meet alternative eligibility requirements related to military service or an aviation-related university degree. The ATP certification involves extensive testing on subjects like regulations, aircraft systems, performance, navigation, meteorology and human factors.

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    AirlineTransportPilotLicence

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    TheAirTransportPilotCertification(ATPC),orintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,anAirlineTransportPilot
    (ATP)certificateisthehighestlevelofaircraftpilotcertificate.ThosecertifiedasAirlineTransportPilots
    (unconditional)areauthorizedtoactaspilotincommandonscheduledaircarrier'saircraftunderCFR14Part121.
    IntheUK,pilotsmustholdanATPbeforetheycanbePilotInCommandonanaircraftwith9ormorepassenger
    seats.[1]
    AnypilotoperatinganaircraftforpaymuststartbyobtainingaCommercialpilotcertificate(CPC).Airline
    TransportPilotcertificationsdonothavespecialendorsements,suchasInstrumentorComplexaircraftratings,as
    AirlineTransportPilotsmustalreadypossessknowledgeandtrainingintheseareas.However,aircraftheavierthan
    12,500lbs.stillrequirepilotstohavea"typerating"(specifictothemakeandmodelofaircraft)certification.
    TheoreticalsubjectsincludedintheexaminationofATPLapplicantsare:[2]
    Airlaw
    Aircraftgeneralknowledge
    Flightplanningandmonitoring
    Humanperformanceandlimitations
    Meteorology
    Operationalprocedures
    Principlesofflight
    Communications(IFR&VFR)
    Performance
    Generalnavigation
    Radionavigation
    Instrumentation
    Massandbalance

    Contents
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    3
    4

    Eligibility
    Seealso
    Externallinks
    References

    Eligibility
    TobeeligibletotaketheFederalAviationAdministration's(FAA)ATPpracticaltest,thecandidatemusthaveat
    least1500hoursofexperienceinaircraftandbeatleast23yearsold.[3]RestrictedLicenses(whichallowthe
    holdertoperformonlysecondincommandduties)maybegrantedtoindividualsthatmeetoneofthefollowing
    criteria:
    Militarypilotswhoare21yearsorolderwith750hourstotaltime.
    GraduateswithafouryeardegreeinaviationfromapprovedUniversitiessuchastheUniversityofNorth
    Dakota,MiddleTennesseeStateUniversity,PurdueUniversity,EasternKentuckyUniversity,LeTourneau
    University,CentralWashingtonUniversity,FloridaInstituteofTechnology,WestminsterCollege,Western

    MichiganUniversity,EmbryRiddleAeronauticalUniversity,ArizonaStateUniversityortheUniversityof
    CentralMissourithathave1000hoursoftotalflighttimeandare21yearsorolder.[4]
    Graduateswithatwoyeardegreeinaviation,whohave1250hoursandare21yearsorolder.
    Pilotswith1500hourswhoare21yearsorolder.
    Thepilotcanremovetherestrictiononcetheyhaveachievedthenormalprerequisites.[5]

    Seealso
    Privatepilotlicence
    Commercialpilotlicence
    PilotcertificationintheUnitedStates
    AirlineTransportPilotlicenseinCanada
    PilotlicensingintheUnitedKingdom

    Externallinks
    AirTransportPilotandAircraftTypeRatingPracticalTestStandardsforAirplane(http://www.faa.gov/traini
    ng_testing/testing/test_standards/media/faas80815f.pdf).FAA,August2006.
    FAAdefinitionsofUScivilairmentypes(http://api.hq.faa.gov/sth/chp7txt.htm)

    References
    1."TheEASAATPL".Speedbird103.com.Retrieved4April2015.
    2.[1](http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_guides/media/FAAG80821J.pdf)
    3."FAAAirmanKnowledgeTesting"(PDF).FederalAviationAdministration.FederalAviationAdministration.February
    2012.RetrievedSeptember27,2013.
    4.[2](http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/atp/media/Institutional_Authority_List.pdf)
    5.http://www.boldmethod.com/blog/2013/08/1500hourrulerestrictedatp/

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