AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2023 - 109

TIPS FROM PIC
Adding ratings
BY RODNEY MARTZ
MOVING UP? SPORT pilot instruction-
assuming it was in the same category
and class-can now be used for the private
certificate if the specific training is
required for both the sport and private.
This also includes the " flight by reference
to instruments " base training, if the
sport pilot instructor had the appropriate
instrument-training endorsements
and the training was conducted in an
airplane meeting the regulatory requirements
(FAR 61.109(l)).
What about additional category and
class ratings? To add one to a certificate
other than the airline transport pilot certificate,
a new knowledge test is probably
not required, and the specific additional
time for the new rating would only include
the " new " category-required hours. There
are no new class-specific hours, only an
endorsement (FAR 61.63).
How about instruments? The three
hours of instrument dual for the private pilot
certificate can be used toward the 40 hours
of actual or simulated instrument time for
an instrument rating. Additionally, so long
as the original CFI was also an instrument
instructor, that time counts toward the 15
hours of instrument training. The instrument
training for the instrument rating
can also be used to satisfy the instrument
training requirements for a commercial certificate,
but only if it includes all the 61.129
tasks, and is logged appropriately.
Dual cross-country training time from
the private is not usable for the commercial
pilot certificate because commercial
instruction is expected to be of a higher
level relating to future commercial operations.
However, dual training time in
complex aircraft-after the private certificate
is held-can be used within the
10-hour commercial requirement in
61.129(a)(3)(ii), as long as the training
was on the areas of commercial operation
covered in FAR 61.127(b)(1).
Contact AOPA's Pilot Information
Center at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672),
pilotassist@aopa.org, or pic.aopa.org.
Rodney Martz is a senior aviation technical
specialist.
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